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How much safer your data is when using BTRFS over Ext4?
I have read just about every published ReadyNAS review, as well as relevant Netgear materials, including this forum. I have prety good understanding of file systems, NAS concepts, RAID, etc. Yet I am ...
Hi,
I agree with earlier contributors to this thread that Netgear (and reviewers) do not lift up the
possible (great) benefit for Readynas using BTRFS to minimize (certain kind) of silen corruption.
I think it would be very good with some clear statements here from Netgear personal in this forum
or people with similar background.
I also wonder if BTRFS capability to in principle eliminate certain kind of silent corruption
is mainly interesting for RAID-configurations with several disks. Does BTRFS give any advantage
for RAID-1 where you simply mirror disks? for instance. I recall vaguely the ARS-article which showed
what may happens to photos with silen corruption - but it was a RAID-system with several disks.
Personally I think I can take slower read-time, provided there is a benefit concerning silent corruption.
Thinking of large archives of photos and videos in a family for instances.
I agree with earlier contributors to this thread that Netgear (and reviewers) do not lift up the
possible (great) benefit for Readynas using BTRFS to minimize (certain kind) of silen corruption.
I think it would be very good with some clear statements here from Netgear personal in this forum
or people with similar background.
I also wonder if BTRFS capability to in principle eliminate certain kind of silent corruption
is mainly interesting for RAID-configurations with several disks. Does BTRFS give any advantage
for RAID-1 where you simply mirror disks? for instance. I recall vaguely the ARS-article which showed
what may happens to photos with silen corruption - but it was a RAID-system with several disks.
Personally I think I can take slower read-time, provided there is a benefit concerning silent corruption.
Thinking of large archives of photos and videos in a family for instances.
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