File Systems: Difference between revisions

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==Standard File Systems==
==Standard File Systems==
* BTRFS
 
* [[ZFS]]
 
* EXT4
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
* XFS
|+ File Systems
* NTFS
|-
! Name !! Snapshots !! RAID !! Checksumming !! Compression !! CoW !! Erasure coding || Encryption
|-
| BTRFS<ref name="btrfs_documentation>https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Introduction.html</ref> || Yes, Writable || Block-level<ref name="btrfs_volume>https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Volume-management.html</ref> || Yes || Yes || Yes || Unstable || No
|-
| ZFS || Yes<ref name="zfs_snapshots">https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/819-5461/gbcya/index.html</ref>, Writable<ref name="zfs_clone">https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/819-5461/gbcxz/index.html</ref> || Disk-level || Yes || Yes || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| EXT4 || No || No || No || No || No || - || No
|-
| XFS || No || No || No || No || No || - || No
|-
| bcachefs<ref name="bcachefs">https://bcachefs.org/</ref> || Yes || Yes || Yes || Yes || Yes || Unstable || Yes
|}
 
Notes:
* I prefer BTRFS for single-drive deployment.
* bcachefs is still under development
 
For multi-drive deployment, my preferences are:
* If you have multiple same-sized disks, maxmimum storage, and no plans for expansion, use ZFS raidz1 or raidz2.
* If you have different sized disks, maxmimum storage, want maximum size, and don't need live parity then use snapraid + btrfs + mergerfs.
* If you need real-time parity and expansion and don't mind slow rebuilds, use mdraid + btrfs.
 
Windows:
1. NTRFS
2. ReF


==Overlay File Systems==
==Overlay File Systems==