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the fear of missing out a better compression (lemmy.world)
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[-] Hawk@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 4 weeks ago

HFS+ has a different features set than NTFS or ext4, Apple elect to store metadata that way.

I would imagine modern FS like ZFS or btrfs could benefit from doing something similar but nobody has chosen to implement something like that in that way.

[-] Drummyralf@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah totally!

frantically searches for the meaning of all those abbreviations

[-] Hawk@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 4 weeks ago

I gotcha:

  • Btrfs
    • BTree File System
      • A Copy on White file system that supports snapshots, supported mostly by
  • ZFS
    • Zetabyte File System
      • Copy on Write File System. Less flexible than BTRFS but generally more robust and stable. Better compression in my experience than BTRFS. Out of Kernel Linux support and native FreeBSD.
  • HFS+
    • what Mac uses, I have no clue about this. some Copy on Write stuff.
  • NTFS
    • Windows File System
    • From what I know, no compression or COW
    • In my experience less stable than ext4/ZFS but maybe it's better nowadays.
[-] TCB13@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Great summary, but I've to add that NTFS is WAY more stable than ext4 when it comes to hardware glitches and/or power failures. ZFS is obviously superior to both but overkill for most people, BTRFS should be a nice middle ground and now even NAS manufacturers like Synology are migrating ext4 into BTRFS.

[-] Hawk@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 4 weeks ago

Well that's good to know because I had some terrible luck with it about a decade ago. Although I don't think I would go back to windows, I just don't need it for work anymore and it's become far too complex.

I've also had pretty bad luck with BTRFS though, although it seems to have improved a lot in the past 3 years that I've been using it.

ZFS would be good but having to rebuild the kernel module is a pain in the ass because when it fails to build you're unbootable (on root). I also don't like how clones are dependant on parents, requires a lot of forethought when you're trying to create a reproducible build on eg Gentoo.

[-] Drummyralf@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Thanks!

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