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We have had several threads opened concerning which file system is best for a NAS. This thread is intended to discuss what features are available in each file system, and what use they are in a NAS or server.
For example, many file systems are limited to one specific brand of OS. Like NTFS is basically Microsoft Windows only. The Linux kernel has some support for NTFS, but it's not listed as stable and reliable.
For ZFS, it's available on 5 different *nixes: Solaris, Illumos, MacOS, Linux and FreeBSD. It's still limited to *nixes, no local MS-Windows support. However, I would make the statement that *nixes are better NAS server OSes than MS-Windows. So for a NAS, it's no real loss that ZFS is not available on MS-Windows.
Now for BTRFS, it's only available on Linux, and only really stable on more recent Linux. Meaning more than 5 years ago BTRFS was loosing data pretty regularly. (Unlike ZFS, which has been in production since June 2006.)
So people, what file system features do you want in your NAS?
And why?
For example, many file systems are limited to one specific brand of OS. Like NTFS is basically Microsoft Windows only. The Linux kernel has some support for NTFS, but it's not listed as stable and reliable.
For ZFS, it's available on 5 different *nixes: Solaris, Illumos, MacOS, Linux and FreeBSD. It's still limited to *nixes, no local MS-Windows support. However, I would make the statement that *nixes are better NAS server OSes than MS-Windows. So for a NAS, it's no real loss that ZFS is not available on MS-Windows.
Now for BTRFS, it's only available on Linux, and only really stable on more recent Linux. Meaning more than 5 years ago BTRFS was loosing data pretty regularly. (Unlike ZFS, which has been in production since June 2006.)
So people, what file system features do you want in your NAS?
And why?