[mythtv-users] ext4 and slow deletes

[John Drescher]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Brent Norris <brent at brentnorris.net> wrote:
> The last time I saw this on the list it was before ext4 was really out in
> the kernel and in use.
>
> Now it is and I have converted my recordings directory over to it using the
> commands from http://kernelnewbies.org/Ext4
>
> tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/yourfilesystem
>
> and
>
> fsck -pf /dev/yourfilesystem
>
> So I was just wondering if there was any good reason to have slow deletes
> still turned on for my backend, now that it is working with ext4
>
> Anyone know for sure?
>

With extents deletes of large files do not take forever like they did
on ext3/2 so I do not have it enabled.

John