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Why would the file system affect bit rot rate?

• aaronmdjones 6y ago
  It doesn't. What matters is that you have a filesystem that can detect and repair bitrot. For that to work, it needs to check everything occasionally, which means they need to be powered up occasionally. If you don't do that, eventually you'll get to a point where it can't repair anything, and then you gain nothing over using a filesystem that doesn't do this, is the point.