Re: [gentoo-user] OT:Choosing a filesystem

William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> [10-04-02 11:32]:
> On Fri, 2010-04-02 at 11:11 +0200, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
> > Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> [10-04-02 10:52]:
> > > On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 21:09:30 +0200, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
> > >
> > > > So I have a lot of docs (specs of microcontrollers, howtos, programm
> > > > and source code docs...etc) on my disk.
> > > > This one part.
> > >
> > > Those are fairly normal files.
> > >
> > > > Then: I often transer videos from my DVB-T-receiver/recorder to my
> > > > harddisk to cut out the advertising and to transcode the videos to
> > > > somethings better than "ts" (transport streams),
> > >
> > > These tend to be bigger, often in the GB range, so I'd use a separate
> > > filesystem for them with XFS, which handles large files better in my
> > > experience.
> > >
> > > > Then I want something encrypted, either as a partition or as a files
> > > > (carrying a encrypted fs), which I can copy to dvd and will be able
> > > > to mount this dvd and use it without to have to copy the whole dvd
> > > > first to harddisk before using it...
> > > > Currently I am using encfs...(outdated?). What can I do use instead?
> > >
> > > ecryptfs does much the same job as encfs but is in the kernel.
> > >
> > > I'd say something like reiser3 for most areas and an XFS filesystem for
> > > the videos would be a good starting point. I would strongly recommend you
> > > use LVM and only set up volumes for what you need. That gives you extra
> > > space to play with and even experiment with different filesystems to see
> > > which work for you.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Neil Bothwick
> > >
> > > The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant.
> >
> > Hi Neil,
> >
> > Thank you for your help! :)
> >
> > A question to LVM: As much as I know, LVM combines several partition
> > to one big partition, and if one partition fails, at least other
> > others of that volume are damaged, too.
> > What is the advantage of using LVM and several small partitions
> > instead of one in the size of the sum of the others and not using
> > LVM?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > mcc
> >
> The advantage is flexibility - you absolutely love LVM when you discover
> you have made a file system too small!  Shrinking/enlarging/adding more
> storage etc is a real bonus.
>
> Downside as you mention is lose one disk and you may lose all - however
> I believe that sometimes the remaining data can be recovered.
>
> Also keep in mind that while small partitions can be a pain and waste
> space, normal corruption is limited to one partition, and physical data
> protection is better (i.e., when one partition fills up, others are
> safe)
>
> BillK
>
>
>

Hi Bill,

tahnks for your reply! :)
Seems that that, what I thought to have remembered of LVM seems to be
still correct. 

mcc

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