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Is there any reason not to use zfs for a NAS? I am thinking of a NAS hosting multimedia files, surely the ability to roll back must comes at a cost in term of d
by cm2187 4y ago
Is there any reason not to use zfs for a NAS? I am thinking of a NAS hosting multimedia files, surely the ability to roll back must comes at a cost in term of disk space for large files.
- simcop2387 4y agoBecause it's a copy on write file system The snapshots don't take up any extra space until you do any writing. The common parts between snapshots are shared between them in storage so you only pay the cost for any changes (rounded to some block size).
- cm2187 4y agoBut if I remux a large video, won't I have two versions of that video taking space on the disk? If I do that often, that will eat the capacity very quickly.