[mythtv-users] Filesystem type / partition layout advice?

Robert Shields rwshields at gmail.com
Thu Mar 4 17:08:47 UTC 2010


I did some reading on the topic awhile back (just basic googling) and I
decided to go with XFS - It seems to handle the large files efficiently.  I
don't have any complaints.

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Craig Van Tassle <craig at codestorm.org>wrote:

> > I'll be setting up a Myth backend shortly, and using a dedicated 1.5
> > TB drive for program storage.  OS goes on a different disk.
> >
> > I'm having trouble finding a good, up-to-date answer for what sort of
> > filesystem should be used, and how many partitions?
> >
> > (I only ask about the partitions, because I'm currently ignorant about
> > how MythTV handles deletes, but somewhere I got the impression that it
> > uses the percentage of free disk space as part of the measure - so
> > perhaps I want one partition for tv recordings that I may or may not
> > care about, and another partition for shows or DVDs that I want stored
> > forever?)
> >
> > Anyway, on the file system front... it seems that EXT3 had issues...
> > but now there is a partial workaround in myth for large file deletes.
> >
> > EXT4?
> > XFS?
> > Reiser4?
> > JFS?
> > BTRFS?
> >
> > The general impression that I get lately is EXT4 or XFS are the latest
> > best working for Myth's needs?
> >
> > Any feedback appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dan
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> I currently use XFS on my array. The size of my Array is actually a 2tb
> total space. I tried EXT3 and had issues with most file control. That was
> due to the fact that many of the files were over 1gb is size.
>
> I cant speak for EXT4 because I have not used it. I don't trust it yet.
> There have been issues in the past where people have lost a LOT of data
> EXT4.
>
>
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Rob Shields
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CWRU Computer Science PhD Student
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