LinuxQuestions.org
Latest LQ Deal: Latest LQ Deals
Home Forums Tutorials Articles Register
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - General
User Name
Password
Linux - General This Linux forum is for general Linux questions and discussion.
If it is Linux Related and doesn't seem to fit in any other forum then this is the place.

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 03-20-2012, 08:57 AM   #1
diamond_D
Member
 
Registered: Jul 2005
Posts: 51

Rep: Reputation: 0
File system recommendation for Media share


I'm starting to research the required components and configuration for a new system build that will be used as a Virtual Box machine along with a Samba/storage server.

I will probably install up to 8 internal HD's in a custom RAID configuration.

2xHD's will be configured in a RAID 1 mirrored set used to contain my media content. I'm hoping to create a samba share for this content so I can stream with my WD TV live device.
My main question is what type of file system recommendation would be recommended. I've read about XFS and ZFS. Does it really make a difference? I'm looking for the best performance for streaming.
 
Old 03-20-2012, 09:07 AM   #2
acid_kewpie
Moderator
 
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 43,417

Rep: Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985
given that the streaming is presumably on single large files, MKV's or whatever, the filesystem should really matter at all. You aren't opening or closing, or modifying files to any extent, and you don't have an "interesting" number of files or obscenely large files by modern standards. it's those extremes where the choice is more relevant. Once the file is open, the filesystem itself has precious little to do, it's just a case of pulling data from a physical disk, no more file handles, inode trees etc, just direct access, so it'll be the wifi that would be the bottleneck, or the disk IO itself.
 
Old 03-20-2012, 09:46 AM   #3
H_TeXMeX_H
LQ Guru
 
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: $RANDOM
Distribution: slackware64
Posts: 12,928
Blog Entries: 2

Rep: Reputation: 1301Reputation: 1301Reputation: 1301Reputation: 1301Reputation: 1301Reputation: 1301Reputation: 1301Reputation: 1301Reputation: 1301Reputation: 1301
Well, see some benchmarks:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...38_large&num=1

I would also use the deadline I/O scheduler.
 
  


Reply



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Hardware recommendation for router and media server? rjlee Linux - Hardware 1 06-07-2009 03:42 PM
Need media center recommendation dotancohen Linux - Newbie 2 05-12-2009 10:15 AM
USB drive /media/disk: cannot touch `testfile1': Read-only file system xp_newbie Linux - Desktop 4 04-13-2009 08:37 AM
Looking for a recommendation - TV Top Media Player Mithrilhall Linux - General 2 03-25-2008 11:36 PM
recommendation for media player with library lupusyonderboy1 Linux - Desktop 1 09-26-2006 11:46 PM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - General

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:40 AM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration