[mythtv-users] EXT3 problems?

[Christian Hack]

> Along those lines, has anyone noticed any performance improvement by
> formatting their ext2/3 partitions with '-T largefile4', which should make
> one inode per 4meg?  And to repeat Zac's question, do reiser/xfs/jfs do
> anything similar?
>
> Or does this not even come into play when using options like noatime for
> ext3?
>

I created my "video" partition using custom mkfs options. Basically I used
options which decreased the ability to store lots of small files in favour
of large files ala Myth. Given that my current dedicated 30G partition will
not even hold 100 video files (at that's a pretty extreme case - only 300
meg each)

I pretty sure I gained something like 1-2 million blocks (i.e. 1-2GB), which
although not huge was worth the 15 minutes or so it took me to work out.

Have a look at the man page.

As for performance improvements, I can't really say since I never tried with
a normal partition. I doubt they would be that great though.

Oh and I use ext3 with the noatime option.


Christian