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Does anyone here use Open ZFS on desktop?
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why do you want to make the switch?
I like the idea of deduplication and checksumming to prevent bit rot. It also sounds like backups via snapshots is extremely powerful, but maybe that’s something btrfs can do too.
Ultimately though it would be about learning. That’s what’s drawn me to Linux in the first place.
Just a note, unless you have a very specific use-case you don't want to do deduplication.
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afaik btrfs is can do all the things you listed.
im using open suse with btrfs and can only recommend it.
the setup was easy ( asside from non btrfs related issues with the finicky installation media)
and open suse automaticly sets up subvolumes and snapshots before and after each update
to take advantage of btrfs
However, please don't use btrfs for anything else than mirrors. RAID setups are unstable.
Opensuse Tunbleweed has some great btrfs defaults. And snapper makes rollbacks a breeze.
Yes, it can.
i used to use zfs for backups via snapshots. but I find using rsync and hard links is much more convenient. i can use standard tools to look through backups and track which files changed if needed.