[mythtv-users] ext4 mkfs largefile4 option

[Gary Buhrmaster]

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Gary Buhrmaster
<gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
....

Replying to myself

> .... Using an appropriate allocsize value in the mount options
> can reduce fragmentation issues when recording many concurrent
> recordings.

allocsize is for xfs, not ext4.  Too many file systems.

But back to the original question, another tuning option for
large recording file systems is to reduce the reserved space
(often 5%) of a dedicated recording file system to a much
smaller number.