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Can confirm that bitrot is real, especially with cheaper devices. And as far as I know, only ZFS in RAID configuration can detect and fix it today. It’s a real
by theamk 7y ago
Can confirm that bitrot is real, especially with cheaper devices. And as far as I know, only ZFS in RAID configuration can detect and fix it today.
It’s a real pity that there is no competitors in this space. Every time I read about btrfs, I am sad that they don’t seem to consider it an important feature at all.
- globalc 7y agoOf course, besides simply supporting recovery from bit rot, one would also want to have confidence in the implementation. I think the vendors which provide production support for btrfs do so just for a few features.