[myth-ie] filesystem of choice?

[Damian O'Sullivan]

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On Tue, 25 Mar 2008, Justin Mason wrote:

>
> Interesting!
>
> I have a problem with ext3 that if I delete a recording, the hard drive
> will immediately rattle through the deletion operation -- slowing
> everything else down and causing playback problems.  Maybe reformatting
> as xfs would help that... Glen, have you noticed any slowdown after
> deleting a recording with xfs?
>
> --j.
>

XFS is designed for larger file so is a btter FS IMHO. I see no slowdown 
at all. Also there is a an option that might help you ext3. I think it is 
called slow delete. It is in mythtv-setup somewhere.

D.