[SOLVED] When buying NAS, is it better to get one that supports btrfs?

[modeonoff]

Hi, the Synology DS220j is on sale but it does not support btrfs. Is it better to buy a NAS with btrfs?

 

[USAFRet]

Depends.
Are you wanting to use that particular file system?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Btrfs

 

[modeonoff]

Depends.
Are you wanting to use that particular file system?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Btrfs

I am not sure. Some people mentioned that Btrfs NAS is better at protecting data. I read several people who bought DS220j or its former model ended up buying one with Btrfs. Not sure if it is a good idea to have it so I want to ask the experts here.

 

[USAFRet]

"protecting data" happens with a second/third copy. An automated backup.

A single copy of the file, no matter what file system, is subject to loss from many different directions.

 

[modeonoff]

"protecting data" happens with a second/third copy. An automated backup.

A single copy of the file, no matter what file system, is subject to loss from many different directions.

If you were me, would you spend more to buy a NAS with Btrfs?

 

[USAFRet]

If you were me, would you spend more to buy a NAS with Btrfs?

From QNAP, on BTRFS:

QNAP uses ext4

QNAP uses ext4 and OverlayFS technology, providing high-efficiency volume and block-based iSCSI LUN snapshots to well protect important data.

www.qnap.com

Challenges of using Btrfs for NAS applications

"Btrfs has greater I/O latency. In the same testing environment, file transfer via Samba with the ext4-using QNAP NAS is 61.5% faster than another brand’s NAS that uses Btrfs. In the benchmark report from Phoronix, a leading technology website for Linux hardware reviews, it reveals a similar test result. "

 

[chris_john]

I am particularly needed nas to store my ML result what would be the best setting for that?

 

[USAFRet]

I am particularly needed nas to store my ML result what would be the best setting for that?

What is your actual question?
The inclusion of that link points directly as unwanted spam.

 

[mdd1963]

At my last readings on Btrfs a couple years ago, it was only considered stable in RAID 1, and was to be avoided in RAID5/6...(not sure if a 0+1 was/is working for production)

It would seem more economical to just have 2-3 copies of important data on separate drives, vice effectively wasting the cost of a NAS to accomplish the same thing.

If a stable/safe 'copy-on-write' file system is desired, you can always make your own with some quality drives, a PC to put them in, and TrueNAS using ZFS.