Linux: Format new partitions

Preferred file system type: ext4

mke2sf -t ext4 -j -O large_file,extent,uninit_bg /dev/sdaX

• large_file: support > 2GB files, may be enabled by default
• extent: ext4 only, increase performance for large file access
• uninit_bg: reduce fsck time

tune2fs /dev/sdaX -m 1 /dev/sdaX

• Well, for large partitions, I suggest the percentage of reserved spaces must be reduced -- imagine that 5% (default) for a 2TB disk is close to 100GB!

tune2fs -l /dev/sdaX

• Check the parameters and information about the newly created file system.