[ale] Filesystem Choice?

Tue Apr 15 10:52:55 EDT 2003

On Tuesday 15 April 2003 10:48 am, Doug McNash wrote:
> I have a new 120G drive I need to format and on which I
> will place a multitude of .MP3 (3-10Mb) files that will be
> accessed thru smb (Samba).  Space efficiency is more
> important than speed.
>
> Any opinions on the best filesystem type to use for this
> application.  I have RH9.0 so I have more choices than I
> use too.

With large files I think all the fses are about equivalent.  It is with 
lots of small files that you will find, say, that Reiserfs will save you 
space.

For lots of Multimedia files I keep hearing that xfs is very good.  Haven't 
used it, myself. 

Michael
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