filesystem choice [was Re: [mythtv-users] Problem: Mythfrontend "thinks" there are no recordings]

Robert Tsai rtsai1111 at comcast.net
Fri Jun 24 13:51:11 UTC 2005


On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 12:33:21PM +0100, Neil Bird wrote:
> Around about 23/06/05 16:04, Donavan Stanley typed ...
> >However, using ext3 for storing your recordings is a bad idea. xfs,
> >jfs or Reiser is a much better choice.
> 
>   Is it really that bad?  I used ext3 'just because' (I set up some
>   larger block size opt., I don't recall what).  Prob. a bit late to
>   change now.

There are some anecdotal performance measurements in the mailing list
archives referenced here:

	http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.4

--Rob
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