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[–] MrSoup@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

After 10 years, Ext4 is still the best FS.

[–] SwooshBakery624@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I haven't used ext4 for a couple of years. Does it really have any advantages over xfs and btrfs?

[–] exdor@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It is the fastest, nothing more

No transparent compression is important too, you will need more storage than when using BTRFS with zstd compression

Also no deduplication, so again more storage

[–] sunbeam60@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago

For root drives (where recovery may be required) and database drives it still serves a purpose, IMHO.