[mythtv-users] Filesystem Tuning?

[Saul A Peebsen]

On Tue, 24 May 2011 14:22:16 -0400
Ken Mandelberg <km at mathcs.emory.edu> wrote:

> Are there any suggestions for ext4 filesystem tuning for performance 
> beyond the ext4 defaults. This is for a mythtv media filesystem?
> 
> I'm about to replace a noisy Hitachi 2TB drive with a hopefully
> quieter WD20EARS. Usually I just use dd drive to drive, but if its
> worth changing some defaults and do file copies I might do that. The 
> filesystem is pretty full, so doing file copies will be slower than
> the dd.

While I have no recommendations besides logbufs=8 I'd say file copy is
better choice, with dd you will maintain current fragmentation. My
personal preference is currently XFS, though.

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Cheers, Saul