[mythtv-users] Fastest file system

Asher Schaffer freedenizen at gmail.com
Fri Sep 9 14:13:31 UTC 2005


On 9/9/05, Stef Coene <stef.coene at docum.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Currently, I have a 70 GB partition formatted as ext3.  It's a bit slow when
> deleting big files so I want to reformat it.  But what's the best choice?
> XFS is good, but what's the file system check speed?  Running fsck on my ext3
> file system takes forever...
> 
> 
> Stef

I have heard of problems with XFS with any power outages, bad
shutdowns, etc.  I use JFS and have found it very fast (excellent
large file deletes).  I'm curious to other people's opinion of it,
doesn't seem to get as much mention here as XFS or Reiser.


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