[mythtv-users] ext4 mkfs largefile4 option
Stephen Worthington
stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz
Thu Mar 7 09:07:41 UTC 2013
On Wed, 6 Mar 2013 09:09:49 -0800, you wrote:
>I bought some 3tb hard drives. I am wondering if it is worth it to specify
>the mkfs.ext4 -T largefile4 option when creating the filesystem. This drive
>will be used exclusively for storing recordings from a HDHR tuner. Also any
>other mkfs option that might be useful?
The recommended filesystem for a recordings partition is JFS or XFS:
http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-3.html
(search for "Filesystems")
I use JFS on my 3 Tbyte drives and am very happy with it.
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