which hdd type for nas

[extrafuzzyllama]

hi all i just bought a synology ds210+ and a owc dual bay enclosure and 4 2tb hitachi deskstar drives

now i want to know what format to use for the hdds

i have some large files i would like to store on the nas and owc enclosure like hd movies with some being around 12 or 13 gb in size and want to know which format to use ext3 or ntfs or fat32

i have been looking around but i am really confused on file size limits and that sort of thing

my main computer is a imac btw and i am saving up to buy a boxee box for watching the movies off the nas and enclosure

 

[ghost6303]

the limit for FAT is 4gb if i remember correctly. ext3 and ntfs both support files greater then 16gb, but how much greater it depends on the block size you choose. for large-file storage use 32k or 64k blocks on ext3 or ntfs and you wont have a problem.

 

[extrafuzzyllama]

do you know if ext3 can easily mount on a mac like a fat32 drive? maybe with something like macfuse?