xgamer99
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2010-10-11 01:13
Post: #1
I currently use ext4 for my filesystem on my media partition (hold movies, music, etc.) I will be acquiring a new hard drive soon, so I was wondering if there is a better filesystem out there that goes well with media storage (better performance, etc)
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barrygordon
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2010-10-11 02:15
Post: #2
Might want to look at Rieserfs
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brw02005
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2010-10-11 03:22
Post: #3
Well there is no best file system. Basically, it depends what you are doing. For large files I suggest XFS. For small files and operating systems I suggest ext4. For solid state drive I suggest ext2. Once btrfs is complete it will be the best for solid state drives and the most feature complete. However, btrfs will always be slower on a normal hard drives as it has more feature such as cloning and spanning. I don't suggest reiserfs as it has some known corruption problems as it degrades over time.
Basically decide your application and go with it. I currently have two terabytes formated XFS for my movies. You really appreciate the speed when you have to move a big 1080P file. |
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xgamer99
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2010-10-11 03:30
Post: #4
Thanks. Yes, I will be hosting a decently large files for movies (~2GB each, but a lot of them) and few 1080p ones (Avatar is an astounding 14GB). Then there's 720p TV Shows that sit at about 1-1.5GB a piece.
Maybe I should break it up into multiple file systems, one for large movie files, and one for smaller Music / Misc video files. I'll take a look into them. ^_^ |
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mr.sparkle
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2010-10-11 05:52
Post: #5
Quote:large files for movies (~2GB each, but a lot of them) and few 1080p ones (Avatar is an astounding 14GB)respectfully disagree |
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linuxluemmel
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2010-10-11 15:12
Post: #6
barrygordon Wrote:Might want to look at Rieserfs - NO I would never use reiser fs anymore ..... It had a great perfomance only with small files ... and sometimes after a file-check do files go to /dev/null :-( As it was said before .... Big data containers xfs and the rest ext4 |
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P.Kosunen
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2010-10-11 15:28
Post: #7
brw02005 Wrote:For solid state drive I suggest ext2. I recommend ext4 because it has trim support. Ext4 works well with big media files also. |
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prae5
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2010-10-11 15:31
Post: #8
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MacUsers
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2010-10-11 17:05
Post: #9
prae5 Wrote:zfsdoesn't it have some problem with using NFS4, although if has built-in NFS4 support? Cheers!! MONEUAL 320B | ASUS P5Q-VM | Core2Duo E6320 | GeForce GT220 | Kingston KVR 800Mz HyperX DDR2 4GB (2 x 2GB) | UJ-120 BD-ROM | Pioneer VSX-920-K | KEF KHT3005SE-W | Panasonic TH-37PV500B | Ubuntu 10.04 | XBMCbuntu [ v10.0, r35648 ] |
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Anastrophe
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2010-10-11 18:42
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prae5 Wrote:zfs o/ (high five) |
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