ZFS Filesystem Recommendations

The cluster focuses on users advocating for ZFS as a solution to storage issues like data integrity, snapshots, scrubbing, and RAID, questioning why new tools are needed when ZFS already provides these features, while also discussing its pros, cons, and usage scenarios.

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Sample Comments

shepherdjerred Aug 17, 2025 View on HN

not if you use zfshttps://github.com/openzfs/zfs/discussions/14793

anon-3988 Oct 21, 2025 View on HN

Isn't this literally what ZFS is designed for? What is ZFS lacking that this is needed.

chefkoch Nov 3, 2021 View on HN

And you can't this with zfs and the likes?

dpedu Sep 27, 2020 View on HN

This issue would be encountered with ZFS too.

JustFinishedBSG May 12, 2020 View on HN

Use ZFS as backend and tada your problem stops existing

bo0tzz Oct 4, 2022 View on HN

ZFS can do all those same things!

IgorPartola Feb 10, 2019 View on HN

Yet another reason to use ZFS I guess.

edoceo Mar 15, 2025 View on HN

Feels like a case where ZFS would help mitigate?

ahnick Jul 15, 2021 View on HN

What's the cons of the ZFS approach?

ksec Jun 15, 2018 View on HN

Serious ? Doesn't ZFS already uses it?