[mythtv-users] OT: Filesystems for recordings

[Allan Wilson]

On 11/28/06, Brett Kosinski <fancypantalons at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Can I use ext-3 with LVM for MythTV without problems ?? The larger files
> > I've had are 10 GB - 12  GB (I don't record any HD contents).
> >
>
> AFAIK, yes.  In the past, ext3 delete performance was an issue, but with
> MythTV 0.20, incremental deletes largely solve that problem.
>
> In fact, my plan is to move from XFS to ext3, as I've been getting random
> crashes using XFS on Fedora Core 5.
>
> Brett.
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I was under the impression that if you lost a drive in an LVM you where
pretty much hosed. Is this not true? With the new incremental deletes would
there be any reason to not use ext3? It's what I have used before Myth and
never really had any problems.

Allan
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