[mythtv-users] Software changes required when switching CPU from single-core to multi-core?

[freedenizen]

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I wouldn't worry too much about fragmentation with XFS. I have over
> 10TB of storage using XFS for both my recording drives and "long term"
> storage (music, movies, etc) and my total fragmentation level is quite
> low and I don't run the XFS tool.
>
> the mythtv wiki has good info on XFS,
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/XFS

fragmentation with XFS can definitely be an issue, it all depends what
you are doing, if you have a lot of random i/o writing 50-100 files at
a time (like I have on occasion) it is very easy to go from 2%
fragmentation to 80% in a matter of a day or two