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You can use ZFS without ECC. The failure mode for ZFS without ECC is the same as the failure mode for Ext4 without ECC: your files are corrupt. The difference
by postmodest 3y ago
You can use ZFS without ECC. The failure mode for ZFS without ECC is the same as the failure mode for Ext4 without ECC: your files are corrupt.
The difference is that ZFS tells you.
...ok, also, ZFS tries to use a separate file cache on top of Linux's cache, and allocates half your RAM to it.
I would not use ZFS on a laptop, or even a workstation. I do use it on file servers and Proxmox.
On workstations I use lvm raid and xfs.