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Which filesystem is best for archiving purposes?

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boykster:
If you're swapping back and forth with a USB drive, then fat32 is your best bet for compatibility and speed.  Yep, the 4gb file limit will be limiting if you get into bluray rips into mkv containers (or other format).  I've tried the new ntfs driver for linux (ntfs-3g) and it is DARN slow at writes - at least on my FC8 machine.  I don't think I have the lastest version of the driver, but for me it was just too darn slow.

I currently am using XFS as the filesystem on my new linux array machine.  So far, I'm very happy with it. 

SavannahLion:

--- Quote from: lanman31337 on June 23, 2008, 01:25:15 pm ---i've been contemplating grabbign a single core processor, one of the 45 watt ones, no cd drive, 2 gigs of ram and a wireless card, xp, and hiding it in the house as network storage.

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Skip that wireless card and go wired instead. I configured a shared network drive on one of the bigger PC's and the network performance hit between it and the laptop is stunning. Running wired<->router<->wireless seems to be the best compromise in that regards. Save the wireless for your laptop and give the wires to permanent network fixtures.

Grasshopper:

--- Quote from: Blanka on June 22, 2008, 10:19:38 am ---2 things: I converted Euro to Dollar 1:1 as Apple does that always, but on other products it is little different though.
Here the NSLU2:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001FSCZO?ie=UTF8&tag=inforbanki-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0001FSCZO
82 dollars, and you can add up to 2 generic external USB2 drives, even in RAID if you like.
The synology comes as barebone or with a drive, but lets you open it with ease to swap it for another SATA one.
Here a 500Gb WD NAS with gigabit for 160$
http://shopper.cnet.com/external-hard-drives/western-digital-mybook-world/4014-3190_9-32401221.html#p5

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I should point out that I’m in the UK. So that further complicates currency conversions.

The Amazon UK price for the Linksys NSLU2 is £58.94. To put that into some kind of perspective, I paid £59.95 for the drive and £12.99 for the usb/esata enclosure.

 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139739

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143544

Interestingly, the NSLU2 appears to recognise ext2, FAT32 and NTFS partitions (once you upgrade the firmware) which is very cool indeed. It's definitely a possible option for the future. However, I won't be buying one for the time being as it would add significantly to my costs.

ark_ader:
Get a cheap USB laptop and put NT4 Server on it.  Thinkpad 560x is perfect.

Use NTFS as the file system and put two drives in as a volume.

Back it up with DVD.

You can do it all for under £200.   ;D

Don't go NAS or you will be sorry.  I did and lost the lot.   :dizzy:

Better to go with what you know.

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