January 28, 20233 yr So I’m in the process of starting a new unRAID server and debating about which format to use. Is BTRFS worth using these days in 2023? Also is drive encryption worth using? And will this impact my format choice?
January 29, 20233 yr Just my opinion, but if your hardware and infrastructure is flawless, BTRFS is probably superior. However, I would characterize BTRFS as fragile, it doesn't recover as well from hardware errors as XFS. ZFS native support is in private beta, but it is very promising as a good alternative to either BTRFS or XFS. If I were in your shoes I'd wait a little while until ZFS is public and see how it goes. Drive encryption is a separate issue. If you are already keeping full up to date backups, then encryption can be a viable option if you want what it adds. However, if you don't have and keep full backups in another location, don't even think about drive encryption. It makes disaster recovery almost impossible comparatively.
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