I did some reading on the topic awhile back (just basic googling) and I decided to go with XFS - It seems to handle the large files efficiently. I don't have any complaints. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Craig Van Tassle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:craig@codestorm.org">craig@codestorm.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5">> I'll be setting up a Myth backend shortly, and using a dedicated 1.5<br>
> TB drive for program storage. OS goes on a different disk.<br>
><br>
> I'm having trouble finding a good, up-to-date answer for what sort of<br>
> filesystem should be used, and how many partitions?<br>
><br>
> (I only ask about the partitions, because I'm currently ignorant about<br>
> how MythTV handles deletes, but somewhere I got the impression that it<br>
> uses the percentage of free disk space as part of the measure - so<br>
> perhaps I want one partition for tv recordings that I may or may not<br>
> care about, and another partition for shows or DVDs that I want stored<br>
> forever?)<br>
><br>
> Anyway, on the file system front... it seems that EXT3 had issues...<br>
> but now there is a partial workaround in myth for large file deletes.<br>
><br>
> EXT4?<br>
> XFS?<br>
> Reiser4?<br>
> JFS?<br>
> BTRFS?<br>
><br>
> The general impression that I get lately is EXT4 or XFS are the latest<br>
> best working for Myth's needs?<br>
><br>
> Any feedback appreciated.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
><br>
> Dan<br>
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</div></div>I currently use XFS on my array. The size of my Array is actually a 2tb<br>
total space. I tried EXT3 and had issues with most file control. That was<br>
due to the fact that many of the files were over 1gb is size.<br>
<br>
I cant speak for EXT4 because I have not used it. I don't trust it yet.<br>
There have been issues in the past where people have lost a LOT of data<br>
EXT4.<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Rob Shields<br>Email: <a href="mailto:rwshields@gmail.com">rwshields@gmail.com</a><br>CWRU Computer Science PhD Student<br>S.A.G.E. Project Developer (<a href="http://darwin.cwru.edu/">http://darwin.cwru.edu/</a>)<br>