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> I've used ext* filesystems for decades now, and have yet to experience corruption or data loss You might not know. How are you validating the integrity of ev
by jjav 3y ago
> I've used ext* filesystems for decades now, and have yet to experience corruption or data loss
You might not know. How are you validating the integrity of every file regularly?
In the 90s I lost some files to corruption which went unnoticed for years and propagated to every backup, so by the time I went looking for the file I had years worth of backups of those files, all corrupt. This is one of the reasons zfs is such a happy place.
- imiric 3y agoI get that. But in practice, it hasn't been a problem. For files I consider critical and difficult to replace, I use SnapRAID or par2, and others are either used frequently and I would notice the corruption, or replacing them wouldn't be a problem. Using a smart filesystem would be an improvement, but it comes at the expense of less flexibility and more complexity, and, until recently on Linux at least, relying on unstable software.
- giantrobot 3y ago> relying on unstable software Where the hell are you getting this from? What instability has existed in ZFS on Linux? Are you confusing it with BTRFS or something? I think your fears of ZFS are seriously misplaced.