[mythtv-users] What is best filesystem for recordings?

Per Jessen per at computer.org
Tue Jun 30 18:39:23 UTC 2015


Warpme wrote:

> Hi *
> 
> I just got some free space on my server (8T Seagate Archive for
> videos) which temporarily gives me spare capacity allowing change
> filesystem for recordings volumes.
> 
> Currently I have 2x4T HDD allocated purely for recordings. Both
> volumes are now on ext3.
> 
> After years of relaying on ext3 I think it is not best filesystem for
> recordings as:
> -delete is very throughput expensive
> -chkdsk is really long
> -starting loosless cut makes hell of:
> TFW(/myth/tv/21101_20150630054000.ts:67): write(57152) cnt 35 total
> 2079656 -- took a long time, 2571 ms
> 
> So what FS will be better: XFS or JFS or ...?
> 

Without looking at your criteria -  for mythtv, I've been using JFS for
about three years now, for everything else for more than ten years. 

Still, a UPS is not a bad idea. 



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