[mdlug] File systems

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Sat, 2013-12-28 at 16:33 -0600, Bob wrote:
> OK related to the copy question
> I'm running a 3.12 kernel on Debian Sid (AptoSid). The drive I'm 
> replacing is a 2tb drive using the ext4 file system that contains my 
> photos. I'm replacing it with a 4tb drive. Files are jpg, png, tiff, nef 
> (Nikon Raw), and Gimp xcf. Sizes range from 300k to 200mb+ xcf files
> Work flow could be working on 1 large Gimp file or batch processing 
> 50-100 nef to jpg files.
> Any suggestions comments on what file system might work best?

I doubt file-system choice will present a measurable/significant
performance impact.  Any modern file-system such as ext4 [and there is
old ext4 and current ext4 - beware old benchmarks], XFS, or Butter will
likely `feel` the same.

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Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA