[mythtv-users] Is XFS the best choice?

Steve Hodge stevehodge at gmail.com
Sun Feb 11 20:13:10 UTC 2007


On 2/12/07, Damian Surr <damian at gingermagic.com> wrote:
>
> My question is, Is XFS a good file system to use for Mythtv (or
> anything?). I could maybe have save the files on the disk if I'd done
> something differently, but I've never used any file system that has
> failed so badly after a simple system reset. I know that resetting a
> running machine is not good, but we all have to do it sometimes. I've
> had to do it a lot over the last 15 years, and I've lost the odd file
> before, but never whole drives!
>

I've been running xfs on Myth box for 2 years without any problems. I have
had to reset once or twice during that time and I've had the odd powercut as
well, but not data has been lost.

Steve
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