November 28, 20232 yr I'd like to request support for EXT4 in the array and pools. There are a few reasons I believe this would benefit users: 1. It's a much lighter FS than anything that is supported at the moment. XFS is granted lighter than BTRFS or ZFS, but still requires more resources than EXT4. Not everyone can afford to throw hardware at things just to have a filesystem that's got features they may not use. 2. EXT4's stability is renowned in the linux community. It is the default for many distros, and recommended for home use. BTRFS is still considered unstable by most linux users and communities. 3. Recovery ability is essentially the best of all filesystems, due to such ubiquitous usage in the community. The tools are mature, robust, and easy to use. 4. Simplicity. It's a file system. It's not trying to be a partition manager, RAID software, etc. 5. EXT4 is exceptionally fast when dealing with smaller files. I'm sure there's some other benefits, but I'm not trying to make an exhaustive list here. Please do consider adding EXT4 support to the array and pools. Thank you!
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