[Discuss] Ext4, ugh! Re: Disk recovery utilities - dealing with deleted files

[Derek Atkins]

"Rich Braun" <richb at pioneer.ci.net> writes:

> Edward Ned Harvey (blu) stated:
>>> Well, ext4 performs so much better.  If the only risk is the lack of
>>> availability of undelete tools, then I say, the better solution is to use
>>> ext4 and backups.
>
> Jack echoed:
>> Ed, that seems like a better approach for most uses.
>
> But think about my use case:  something like 95% of my data volume consists of
> videos, be they ISOs of my DVD collection, stuff recorded off the air, or
> home-video recordings.
>
> I care a whole LOT more about maintaining data integrity than I do about
> performance.  The only performance I really need is the ability to stream the
> videos on demand, and the systems are 10x more powerful than that.

Sounds like you want RAID1..

-derek

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