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What file systems are you using on your devices and why? (en.wikipedia.org)
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I want to learn more about file systems from the practical point of view so I know what to expect, how to approach them and what experience positive or negative you had / have.

I found this wikipedia's comparison but I want your hands-on views.

For now my mental list is

  • NTFS - for some reason TVs on USB love these and also Windows + Linux can read and write this
  • Ext4 - solid fs with journaling but Linux specific
  • Btrfs - some modern fs with snapshot capability, Linux specific
  • xfs - servers really like these as they are performant, Linux specific
  • FAT32 - limited but recognizable everywhere
  • exFAT - like FAT32 but less recognizable and less limited
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[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Well, as far as I know, BTRFS and ZFS are the recommended file systems for NAS's. They have self-healing capabilities so I can be slightly more sure that my data does not get corrupted over time.

[–] Psyhackological@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Is self-healing process automated or you need to somehow enable it so it happens from time to time?

[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You have to run a so-called scrub command that checks for errors and tries to repair them. You can automate to run it every month or so

[–] Psyhackological@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In a cronjob or something alike?