gharris999;259369 Wrote: > So, if one doesn't need journaling on a drive (and why would journaling > be advantageous on a drive that holds only static audio files?) what's > wrong with using ext2 or even ntfs? Other than journaling, what are > the big advantages of ext3 over ext2? > > It's true that I don't know anything about journaling (and I only know > enough about linux in general to be a danger to myself and others) but > I assume that most of a journaling fs's advantages come into play in > cases where enhanced error recovery of volatile data is needed. > > Also, in may case, I do seem to be able to squeeze more data onto a > ntfs drive, at least vs. ext2. My flac library is currently just > bumping up against the limits of my 750gig drive. In fact, I'll be > starting to copy my library to a 1T drive later this month.
fyi NTFS is a journaled file system. I use LVM and XFS, they are built for large filesystems. -- MrD -MrD =================== 1 Transporter 2 Squeezeboxen v3 1 Squeezebox v1 1 SliMP3 Linux x86-64 SlimServer 6.5.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrD's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6099 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42273 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
