Best Format For OS X and Linux HDD? 253
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from the cross-the-beams dept.
dogmatixpsych writes "I work in a neuroimaging laboratory. We mainly use OS X but we have computers running Linux and we have colleagues using Linux. Some of the work we do with Magnetic Resonance Images produces files that are upwards of 80GB. Due to HIPAA constraints, IT differences between departments, and the size of files we create, storage on local and portable media is the best option for transporting images between laboratories. What disk file system do Slashdot readers recommend for our external HDDs so that we can readily read and write to them using OS X and Linux? My default is to use HFS+ without journaling but I'm looking to see if there are better suggestions that are reliable, fast, and allow read/write access in OS X and Linux."
Reiser? (Score:5, Funny)
I would have recommended ReiserFS, but the data might get buried somewhere and the system would not remember where it was....
Re:NTFS (Score:4, Funny)
Windows doesn't play in here, it's OSX and Linux. Tossing NTFS into that would just be... wrong somehow.
Re:NTFS (Score:5, Funny)
Hah! In my company we call it "NoTeFíeS" (for non Spanish-speaking people: "Don'tTrustIt").
Re:FAT32 is a fucking horrible idea in his case. (Score:3, Funny)
Sorry man, but your use of the "f" word is totally inadequate in this conversation. Let me correct you:
How the fsck is he supposed to store 80 GB files on a filesystem that maxes out at 4 GB?
Much more in-context, eh?
Re:Reiser? (Score:4, Funny)
That's pure pure FUD. ReiserFS can recover anything, even something it allegedly never stored. "Oakland homicide detective Lt. Ersie Joyner recalled that Reiser led them directly to the exact site, without any hesitation or confusion."
Re:NTFS (Score:5, Funny)
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
All of my mod points
Would belong to you.
Re:UFS. (Score:3, Funny)
...storage on local and portable media is the best option for transporting images between laboratories. What disk file system do Slashdot readers recommend?
Every filesystem warrants the occasional check. If you never check, there are lots of errors that can accumulate and burn your ass.
Methinks you may be plugging your portable media into the wrong place... then again, I've never tried that, so I could be wrong. ;-)
Re:4GB per file limit (Score:2, Funny)
iThis and iThat, blah blah blah
How about iJustpukedalittlebitinmymouth?
Re:FAT32 is a fucking horrible idea in his case. (Score:1, Funny)
Go fsck yourself, diskhead.