Recommended filesystem for secondary media hard drive?
Hello,
I am going to install a 6tb HDD as a secondary drive to store primarily music/video/documents on (no games). Is btrfs or ext4 better for this use case? I've read a few things suggesting that ext4 might be better for hard drives (less fragmentation) but they were random forum posts and I couldn't find a clear answer.
I am going to install a 6tb HDD as a secondary drive to store primarily music/video/documents on (no games). Is btrfs or ext4 better for this use case? I've read a few things suggesting that ext4 might be better for hard drives (less fragmentation) but they were random forum posts and I couldn't find a clear answer.
Solution
ext4 seems to be recommended here for HDDs unless you need a specific btrfs feature. It's the most stable and universally compatible filesystem on Linux.
