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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
Thanks Stephen.
So to answer my own question:-
"If I put data on my ReadyNAS (with snapshots) and never updated it for 5 years, would bitrot be detected?"
Yes BUT only when I go to read some data, and more significantly only those blocks that are being read would be checked.
Then the BTRFS passes the error to the RNOS which (in my case - RAID10) would go off and repair with data from the mirror.
Thanks again.
So to answer my own question:-
"If I put data on my ReadyNAS (with snapshots) and never updated it for 5 years, would bitrot be detected?"
Yes BUT only when I go to read some data, and more significantly only those blocks that are being read would be checked.
Then the BTRFS passes the error to the RNOS which (in my case - RAID10) would go off and repair with data from the mirror.
Thanks again.
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