<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Nick Morrott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:knowledgejunkie@gmail.com">knowledgejunkie@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On 29/09/2008, Harry Devine <<a href="mailto:lifter89@comcast.net">lifter89@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Anyway, onto my question: I bought a 500gb SATA drive which will be<br>
> used for my recordings. Should I format that drive as EXT3 or XFS? I'm<br>
> not really sure which would be better, so any input would be appreciated.<br>
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</div>I would use either XFS or JFS where large files are concerned - I've<br>
used both (currently use JFS) and have not had problems with either.<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br>I will be adding at least another big drive soon just for Recordings on my Mythbox and I'm interested to know what the advantage(s) is for XFS over EXT3? Some stuff I checked on Wikipedia was far too technical for an intermediate like myself.<br>
<br>Thanks<br>Bob<br></div>