ZFS is BSD (Possibly FreeBSD only) and Solaris. Unless they finally got that FUSE module working properly. :P But I do agree that it's awesome. (Using ZFS at home)
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 08:25:16AM -0500, chris kluka wrote: > The block size is key here. If you will be storing video on the drive, put > the block size as high as it can go. > The larger the block size, the fewer number of blocks. The fewer the > number of blocks, the smaller the file indexing system will be and the > less overhead there will be. > Though, > its worth noting that you might want to use a file system that supports > deduplication like Windows Server 2012 + NTFS or some of the versions of > Windows 8 + NTFS; There is a deduplication role you can add that turns on > nightly deduplication processing; Also ZFS is king of the linux > Deduplication market. > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:07 AM, Ian E. Trump <itr...@octopitech.com> > wrote: > > Has a lot to do with file size. If you have a lot of video of people > peeing in stair wells (just saying) then you need a big cluster size. If > you have lots of 30 second video clips then you can go with a small > cluster size. > -----Original Message----- > From: discuss-boun...@lists.skullspace.ca > [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.skullspace.ca] On Behalf Of Colin Stanners > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 00:03 > To: discuss@lists.skullspace.ca > Subject: Re: [SkullSpace-Discuss] hard drive partition > > All filesystems are pretty efficient these days - it depends more on > cluster size than other aspects - I doubt you'd see more than 1% usable > space variance between them. Choose your FS based on OS support. > > On 8/20/12, Ken DeWitt <kendew...@yourfellowtechguy.com> wrote: > > I would like to ask what the group thinks is the best format to give > > to a hard drive so you can get the most use out of a hard drive? NTFS > > lets you only use 2.7 tb of a 3 tb hard drive. I am trying to see if > > I can use to full 3 tb or as close to it as possible. It does not > > matter which os can access it. > > > > Any question or comments you can email or call me at any time. > > I will get back to you as fast as I can. > > > > Thank you and have a nice day!! > > > > Ken DeWitt > > Your Fellow Tech. Guy > > > > Phone # : 204-998-3218 > > Email: kendewitt@y <kendew...@yourfellowtechguy.com>ftg.ca > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ -- David Michael Curry (Dave) <d...@ysarro.com> _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
