[mythtv-users] Fastest file system

[Nick Rosier]

On 09/09/05, Asher Schaffer <freedenizen at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/9/05, Stef Coene <stef.coene at docum.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Currently, I have a 70 GB partition formatted as ext3.  It's a bit slow when
> > deleting big files so I want to reformat it.  But what's the best choice?
> > XFS is good, but what's the file system check speed?  Running fsck on my ext3
> > file system takes forever...
> >
> >
> > Stef
> 
> I have heard of problems with XFS with any power outages, bad
> shutdowns, etc.  I use JFS and have found it very fast (excellent
> large file deletes).  I'm curious to other people's opinion of it,
> doesn't seem to get as much mention here as XFS or Reiser.

I also opted for JFS for my recordings-partition. AFAIK, it's the
fastest for deleting large files and that's what the recordings-FS
mainly is. Some GB-sized nuv's and some smaller png's.
ReiserFS might be fast for lots of small files but this isn't the case.
And IIRC JFS is from IBM and is used in AIX so I'd think it's pretty mature.

N.