tenox Posted March 14, 2021 Posted March 14, 2021 I have read a few forum posts on the topic but I'm still not convinced. Which one is safer and more stable for Armbian based NAS? I previously had issues and data loss on BTRFS. However I now hear that it's much more stable. I been using ZFS on FreeBSD without any issues for years and I would prefer it but it seems that it's a hit and miss to get it working. I just did and it was very easy but I read that people have random issues with upgrades etc. Any thoughts? Thanks! a
TRS-80 Posted March 14, 2021 Posted March 14, 2021 On 3/14/2021 at 12:06 PM, tenox2 said: I have read a few forum posts on the topic but I'm still not convinced. Expand I assume you are referring to: Why I prefer ZFS over btrfs ? If not, then I would give it a read. It's long but a lot of good points are made both ways.
tenox Posted March 15, 2021 Author Posted March 15, 2021 On 3/14/2021 at 6:32 PM, TRS-80 said: I assume you are referring to: Why I prefer ZFS over btrfs ? If not, then I would give it a read. It's long but a lot of good points are made both ways. Expand Yes I am. A lot of good points but doesn't help choosing one over the other.
TRS-80 Posted March 18, 2021 Posted March 18, 2021 You could always flip a coin. Jokes aside (and Reading your OP again carefully) you did state that you lean towards ZFS. Which I do too, personally. Anyway, I can tell you that running ZFS on Armbian have become significantly easier lately, as all the excitement around it got Igor working on it and I am pretty sure the relevant bits are built into the kernels that Armbian are shipping these days. And this was not the case even just a few months ago (it was just being worked on around the time of the above linked post in fact). As that seemed to be your main objection, I am not sure if that fact alone is enough to finally nudge you to decide in that direction or not. FWIW, I am planning a ZFS build finally, based on ROCKPro64 and a SATA board which I read reports of working well. I would just recommend doing your homework, especially around related hardware, and how well supported it is in Linux.
tenox Posted March 20, 2021 Author Posted March 20, 2021 Well looks like we are on the same boat. I guess maybe what I would love to hear is an "official" (if there is such a thing) statement from Raspbian regarding ZFS support. Whats reassuring so far is that Kobol (Hlios NAS) for example looks like they are recommending ZFS on Armbian.
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