From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D08461381FB for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:34:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0EE7121C082; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:34:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6F6F3E0077 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:33:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-da0-f43.google.com ([209.85.210.43]:37670) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1TnXRg-003rEi-5v for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 23:33:36 +0700 Received: by mail-da0-f43.google.com with SMTP id u36so3568548dak.30 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 08:33:32 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.135.99 with SMTP id pr3mr78699240pbb.151.1356453212981; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 08:33:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.248.66 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 08:33:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.248.66 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 08:33:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 23:33:32 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Good/better/best filesystem for large, static video library? From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b111903ea097d04d1afdff2 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: svr-us4.tirtonadi.com: authenticated_id: rileyer+pandu.poluan.info/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Archives-Salt: 0a632fa2-36f3-4b75-9f37-6378dca42289 X-Archives-Hash: d05558f951c57df614623d59ffd0d5d7 --047d7b111903ea097d04d1afdff2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Dec 25, 2012 10:44 PM, "Mark Knecht" wrote: > > Hi, > Merry Christmas to all. > > Upgrading an external USB2 drive at home this Christmas morning to > 1TB for more video storage space. One large partition, non-raid, files > are around 1GB. The drive holds only static video files that get > written once and don't change or get erased. No MythTV stuff or > anything like that. > > This disk reside on my main desktop machine and gets backed up > every couple of days to another USB2 drive (FAT formatted > unfortunately) which attaches to the TV. > > With the previous local drive I used ext3 and have had no problems. > I'm just wondering if there's a better choice & why. > > Cheers, > Mark > For your usage, I think ext3 is the most suitable. Do you have another fs in mind? Rgds, -- --047d7b111903ea097d04d1afdff2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Dec 25, 2012 10:44 PM, "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0Merry Christmas to all.
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0Upgrading an external USB2 drive at home this Christmas m= orning to
> 1TB for more video storage space. One large partition, non-raid, files=
> are around 1GB. The drive holds only static video files that get
> written once and don't change or get erased. No MythTV stuff or > anything like that.
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0This disk reside on my main desktop machine and gets back= ed up
> every couple of days to another USB2 drive (FAT formatted
> unfortunately) which attaches to the TV.
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0With the previous local drive I used ext3 and have had no= problems.
> I'm just wondering if there's a better choice & why.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>

For your usage, I think ext3 is the most suitable.

Do you have another fs in mind?

Rgds,
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