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I am using it on my mini server for around 10 years (freebsd 3x3tb as zraid + 10tb disk for casual things) and now on laptop as a root for fedora and I wouldnt
by stiray 7y ago
I am using it on my mini server for around 10 years (freebsd 3x3tb as zraid + 10tb disk for casual things) and now on laptop as a root for fedora and I wouldnt part from it. It is the only fs with snapshot capabilities that i fully trust. It didnt crash even once. It is battle proven and I never understood why distributions are not including it as a default or at least as a part of basic installation. Although I would avoid encryption for a few years. Just for any case.
One thing if you start playing with it (I am surprised how little users know about this feature): you can access the snapshot content using hidden "directory" /.zfs/snapshot/snapshotname ;) Just cd into it.
One word of warning, near end of pool capacity it will start to fragment (there is no defragmenter for it, but if they have made implementing encryption, defragmentation shouldnt be far away) and performance will drop. Dont let it happen, always keep 10-20% free and dont forget about old snapshots size.