Subj : Re: Plex Media Server drive upgrade
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : boraxman
Date : Mon Jul 18 2022 10:11:47

 pF> Thanks for the pointers. I'm running SHR1 on my Synology NAS, am
 pF> interested  in learning more about ZFS and BTRFS - the newer Synology
 pF> units support  BTRFS, and proxmox uses ZFS as part of its clustering
 pF> feature.
 pF> 
 pF> It sounds like with proxmox you could create a ZFS pool out of two
 pF> server's  local storage, set up clustering, and it'll auto-failover a
 pF> node when a  server fails.
 pF> 
 pF> 

I think the biggest difference between then, apart from whether they are part
of the kernel or not is how they manage did disk pooling.  ZFS needs planning, whereas BTRFS can better handle ad-hoc additions and replacements.

Both support snapshots, compression, multiple subvolumes, but ZFS's tooling is better here.

Try looking at reddit.com/r/datahoarder, these guys store heaps of data, being datahoarders so there is some combined experience here.

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