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Why is storing data on the same drive as sme a bad idea?  I'd recommend storing it on a separate lvm partition so you don't take the system down when your recordings fill up the drive. I've played with all the other filesystems and they don't buy you much.  XFS performs a little bit better but not noticeable.  XFS also isn't stable as it requires a stack size > 4K (RHEL kernels have the stack set to 4K). <small>— [[User:Slords|Slords]] ([[User talk:Slords|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Slords|contribs]]).</small> 23:49, 26 September 2007 (MDT)
 
Why is storing data on the same drive as sme a bad idea?  I'd recommend storing it on a separate lvm partition so you don't take the system down when your recordings fill up the drive. I've played with all the other filesystems and they don't buy you much.  XFS performs a little bit better but not noticeable.  XFS also isn't stable as it requires a stack size > 4K (RHEL kernels have the stack set to 4K). <small>— [[User:Slords|Slords]] ([[User talk:Slords|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Slords|contribs]]).</small> 23:49, 26 September 2007 (MDT)
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== Please merge this page with MythTV-HowTo ==
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As the [[MythTV-HowTo]] page holds mch more detailed information I suggest we merge before mentioned page with this one to have information in one place and at the same time stick to the naming convention used in this Wiki - [[User:Cactus|Cactus]] 15:22, 2 December 2007 (MST)

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would adding a dedicated hard drive formated as XFS and JFS be a good idea ?

storing video on the same drive as SME would be a very bad idea

Snoble 16:54, 26 September 2007 (MDT)


Why is storing data on the same drive as sme a bad idea? I'd recommend storing it on a separate lvm partition so you don't take the system down when your recordings fill up the drive. I've played with all the other filesystems and they don't buy you much. XFS performs a little bit better but not noticeable. XFS also isn't stable as it requires a stack size > 4K (RHEL kernels have the stack set to 4K). Slords (talkcontribs). 23:49, 26 September 2007 (MDT)

Please merge this page with MythTV-HowTo

As the MythTV-HowTo page holds mch more detailed information I suggest we merge before mentioned page with this one to have information in one place and at the same time stick to the naming convention used in this Wiki - Cactus 15:22, 2 December 2007 (MST)