For better decisions according filesystem choice I thought it would be a good thing to see the possibilities.
filesystem | XFS | BTRFS | ZFS |
Compression | with VDO layer | inline / offline | inline |
Deduplication | offline | inline / offline | inline |
Metadata extern | yes | no | yes, special device |
Read/Write cache | with LVO or Bcache layer | with LVO or Bcache layer | L2arc / slog |
Bit Rotate protection | no | yes | yes |
Raid types | no | Raid 1+10 | Raid 1+raidz(5)+raidz2(6)+ raidz3(7)+10+50+60... |
Raid Rebalance | - | yes | no |
disable deduplication feature in the file system possible | yes | yes | no |
snapshot for VM and CT | only VM with qcow2 | yes | yes |
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