On 10/26/05, Mercury Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/26/05, Steve Pugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- Mercury Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Can you post the size(s) of the the recordings that > > > were deleted? > > > If you don't have that data, that's OK. I ask for > > > the size data because > > > on my EXT3 filesystem, deleting smaller size > > > recordings don't always > > > cause the freeze. But deleting huge HDTV, two-hour > > > recordings never > > > fails to cause the hiccup. > > > > > > By smaller size, I mean under 2.5 GB; larger size, > > > over 7.5 GB. > > > > > > Thanks again for posting your experiences with XFS > > > filesystem. > > > > My pleasure! (Heck, I'm just glad to contribute in > > some way...) > > > > The majority of deleted recordings were 2.7GB > > (one-hour dramas). I did delete a football game that > > had wound up somewhere in the 4-5GB range, and right > > now I've got a 5.4GB figure skating show waiting for > > my wife to see it before I can nuke it. > > > > I was, however, seeing my freezes with half-hour > > programs (~1.2-1-4GB) as well as longer ones. > > > > > OK, great info! Your experiences with XFS, and several papers written about > different filesystems, have convinced me to use XFS for the video/recordings > partition the next time I build (or re-build) a system.
you may also want to look into converting /cache/cache into XFS. it allows the cache to be cleaned out quicker. i don't remember whether or not this sped up channel changes or not though... _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
