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How does bitrot protection actually work?
I understand the concept, but am curious how it is actually implemented on 6.2.0
You need to be using a md raid level that provides redundancy.
Our bit rot protection requires redundancy at the md raid layer whereas BTRFS by itself would require redundancy on the BTRFS layer. We achieve the same thing but in a different way.
We use btrfs checksums and use the md layer to find the correct block.
Bitrot protection is suitable for some use cases and can be quite resource intensive. So only using it on shares for which it is appropriate to use it with is good.
Bitrot protection works best with data that has minimal in place modifications. it is there to protect against degradation.
Our bit rot protection requires redundancy at the md raid layer whereas BTRFS by itself would require redundancy on the BTRFS layer. We achieve the same thing but in a different way.
We use btrfs checksums and use the md layer to find the correct block.
Bitrot protection is suitable for some use cases and can be quite resource intensive. So only using it on shares for which it is appropriate to use it with is good.
Bitrot protection works best with data that has minimal in place modifications. it is there to protect against degradation.
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