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ZFS is great for storage, but it can be a maintenance nightmare

The fundamental problem is that unless your OS vendor coordinates ZFS updates with kernel updates, the burden falls on you to ...
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Any reason not to use ZFS on a single backup drive?

I have an Ubuntu-based backup server at home (Intel NUC). It uses a single USB 3.0 8TB drive for backup storage. My configuration is: Daily, all computers in the house back up to the server via SMB.
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Ars walkthrough: Using the ZFS next-gen filesystem on Linux

[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=26302161#p26302161:1lpmu5q6 said: araemo[/url]":1lpmu5q6]A question for Jim.. How do you recommend using ZFS to host ...
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ZFS is my go-to file system for storing lots of data

The choice of file system matters quite a lot when it comes to storing data, especially when you're working with a lot of it. Your typical network-attached storage (NAS) may use EXT4 or BTRFS, and ...