[mythtv-users] ext4 vs XFS for mythbuntu

jarpublic at gmail.com jarpublic at gmail.com
Wed Jan 21 18:44:55 UTC 2009


On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Chuck Peters <cp at ccil.org> wrote:

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> I am about to install ubuntu/mythbuntu on a new server and now that ubuntu
> jaunty/9.04 has ext4 I was wondering if I should use ext4 for the OS and/or
> myth data partitions.  What do you think?
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Here is a good write up with some benchmarks and real world tests comparing
ext3, ext4, and XFS. Performance wise it looks like a really good match for
a mythtv setup. As others have said it is up to you weather you want to take
the risk of using a newer file system. I am tempted to give it a try when I
update my ubuntu box to 9.04.
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