[mythtv-users] Filesystem of choice for recording drive?

[Stephen Worthington]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2015 11:33:46 -0800, you wrote:

>All,
>
>My recording drive (small partition for LiveTV, large partition for
>ATSC recordings) decided to die (2 TB Western Digital Green).
>S.M.A.R.T. errors galore, long pauses and corruption in recordings,
>etc.  It was using XFS for the filesystem based on a recommendation in
>the mythtv wiki from a long time back.
>
>Is XFS still the filesystem of choice or at this point is there a
>better option?  Btrfs?  EXT4?
>
>I've gone with a 3TB Western Digital Purple drive.  Not much more than
>the Green but with a longer warranty.
>
>Suggestions?  Thanks,
>
>Neil

I have always used JFS for my recording drives and have been very
pleased with the result.  When I first started using MythTV, only XFS
and JFS were recommended, but I believe EXT4 is OK now also.