[mythtv-users] ext4 vs XFS for mythbuntu

[Steven Adeff]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Chuck Peters <cp at ccil.org> wrote:
> I am about to install ubuntu/mythbuntu on a new server and now that ubuntu
> jaunty/9.04 has ext4 I was wondering if I should use ext4 for the OS and/or
> myth data partitions.  What do you think?
>
> Thanks,
> Chuck

Brave man Chuck, both 9.04 and ext4 and options on what most would
want to be a stable install.

That said I went with JFS for my large file storage arrays and ext3
for my OS drives. I'll probably move to ext4 once it's been out in the
open for a bit as it seems to have some decent performance and
integrity improvements.

I used XFS for a while but found it was a good bit slower than JFS for
what I use it in Myth for (large file, read:media, storage).

I never had any issues with XFS while I used it, nor JFS now, but from
what I understand both are supposed to be more efficient when used for
file systems containing mostly large files (in the MB+ size range).

theres plenty of web-journals with comparative benchmarks amongst
linux filesystems you could google for.

-- 
Steve
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