[mythtv-users] RE: mythtv-users Digest, Vol 32, Issue 36

[Mike Daugird]

http://kerneltrap.org/node/715

post by andrew morton
And when benching things, please include ext2.  It is the reference
filesystem, as it were.  It tends to be the fastest, too.
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 09:54:53 -0500 
From: "Baudouin, Andrew" <andrew.baudouin at awc-inc.com>
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Fastest file system
To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
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What you have said simply isn't the case.  Ext2 might be "rock solid", but
that also translates into "dog slow" at what MythTV users want to do.

XFS or JFS is the best choice for a MythTV shows partition.  They are both
excellent at handling large files.  I recommend JFS.

ReiserFS is the best choice for a many-small-file partition, much like
/usr/portage on Gentoo.

You'll find that Linux isn't that stable when it comes to using MythTV.  I
have found memory leaks in either my sound card driver or the MythTV program
itself (sound quits working after a couple of days).

Andrew

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Daugird [mailto:MDaugird at erdman.com] 
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 9:49 AM
To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Fastest file system

in my opinion ext2 is better then most people give it credit. It is rock
solid and it is the fastest. 
I know journaling systems are super kick a$$ awesome hot cool sweet and UBER
great.
Why do you run fsck so much? Keep the machine up 24/7, linux is a stable OS
and doesn't need to reboot everyday to keep running.
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 09:56:37 -0500
From: Dave Sherohman <esper at sherohman.org>
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Fastest file system
To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
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On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 09:49:13AM -0500, Mike Daugird wrote:
> Why do you run fsck so much? Keep the machine up 24/7, linux is a stable OS and doesn't need to reboot everyday to keep running.

Clean reboots do not beget fscking.  If someone is running fsck all
the time, it's due to power issues, flaky hardware, children who
think it's fun to press the reset button, etc.

Or maybe they only end up fscking once or twice a year, but prefer
that it not take forever to complete.  Power outages have a tendency
to strike just before your favorite show on days when you're not
home, after all...

-- 
The freedoms that we enjoy presently are the most important victories of the
White Hats over the past several millennia, and it is vitally important that
we don't give them up now, only because we are frightened.
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