Setup: Low-end laptop with Ubuntu, attached to an external drive bay with a single 14TB drive in it.
I've currently got it formatted with EXFAT, for max OS compatibility
(In my defence, the hardware was free/cheap, I'm a noob, and I have backups of all the data on the drive)
Currently running Immich, Jellyfin, qBt, and whatever else.
I no longer care about compatibility with Windows, I just want Linux permissions to work seamlessly.
Both Jellyfin and Immich have been working fine (mostly) despite my setup's jankiness. But they could run better. I believe both XFS and EXT4 are stable and would be faster than EXFAT, plus they have journaling? which is good
Question: As far as I know,
XFS - better I/O for large files and multiple simultaneous operations, good for Jellyfin (video streaming), may be more CPU intensive? which is bad
EXT4 - better general performance, faster deletion, faster finding of files when searching?, better at dealing with little files. Should be good for Immich (photo library)
If I want to store files for both Jellyfin and Immich on this drive, which should I choose? Or should I make a "Jellyfin partition" with XFS and an "Immich partition" with EXT4?
Thank you for your time, you're helping me learn stuff =]