[mythtv-users] Best Filesystem Type?

[David Brodbeck]

Steve Hodge wrote:
>
>     Doesn't it scare the wotsits off you that if for whatever reason the
>     volume gets full you are toast?
>
>
> It would if that were actually true, but that's not my experience.
> I've filled my xfs recording partition any number of times without any
> major problems at all. Myth seems to lock up, but using a shell to
> move a file to another partition and restarting myth returns
> everything to normal. Then I can free up space and move the file back.

I had a few minor problems with corrupt or truncated recordings if I let
the filesystem get too full.  I solved the issue by bumping up the
amount of space Myth leaves free.  I rarely delete recordings manually;
I rely entirely on auto-expire to keep the disk from filling.