On Tuesday 15 May 2007 10:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Not sure if this is a dumb question, but why use JFS2? I imagine the > > "market share" of JFS2 on Linux is probably only a few percent, > > whereas EXT3 is probably 80% plus. While there may be some technical > > advantages of JFS2, I imagine the level of support available is going > > to be much less - so is it worth the risk? > > > > Regards, Martin > > Just as there are lots of screwdrivers and not one single type of > screwdriver for all jobs, you use the best screwdriver for the specific > job. It is similar with file systems - there is not one system that is > suitable to all tasks. Specifically in this case google mythtv and > filesystems.
Martin makes a good point, and while yours is valid too, *it bit me* is a very significant lesson. BTW I've never seen any mention of JFS wrt myth. XFS has touted advantages and I use it for my 300G store, but ext3 has worked flawlessly on 300G too. (mostly 5-10G files) James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
