Linux - Which File System To Use?

[Guest]

Just wondering what file system I should use. I was told that BTRFS is new and unstable so definatley not that option. I'm not really sure what options I have and which one/ones I should choose. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

for boot? probably xfs r ext4(xfs is normally a bit faster, ext4 is more 'open')

 

BTRFS has been stable for 4 years now for single drive, it will be fine, and has checksum support, but can be a bit slower.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

for boot? probably xfs r ext4(xfs is normally a bit faster, ext4 is more 'open')

 

BTRFS has been stable for 4 years now for single drive, it will be fine, and has checksum support, but can be a bit slower.

Nah for storage, like mass storage, like HDD storage

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, IAmLamp said:

Nah for storage, like mass storage, like HDD storage

Do you need raid

 

i normally use btrfs or xfs

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Do you need raid

 

i normally use btrfs or xfs

No. 

[Azgoth 2]

If this drive will only be accessed by Linux OSs, go with EXT4.  It's probably the default, and is what almost all Linux distros use by default out of the box.  If you'll be accessing the drive from a Windows OS as well as Linux, and if using a proprietary file system doesn't bother you, use NTFS.  Linux plays perfectly well with NTFS for external/storage drives, and it's Windows' native filesystem, so it'll be no extra work for the Windows OS to work with the drive.  Of course, there are programs that let Windows read and write to EXT formatted drives, so you could still use an EXT4 mass storage drive with a Windows installation.