[Discuss] Fwd: Rockstor: A Linux and BTRFS based NAS solution

[John Blomfield]

On 10/26/2014 10:40 PM, George Farris wrote:
> A single hard drive will eventually bit rot. The only solution is a 
> checksumming file system like btrfs or zfs and more than one drive. If 
> you value your data over the long haul out it's the right way to go.

I take your point and I guess that's important for an Enterprise 
installation. However my little cloud is not a primary repository of my 
data, its just a copy of some of it, that I like to have access to on 
the cloud remotely. I sync it daily via cron job with my desktop and its 
backup system. Also unlike an Enterprise my body is likely to suffer bit 
rot and expire before my data does. :-)
Most Linux distro are now including btrfs and some as the default file 
system. I shall no doubt migrate to btrfs with my next desktop upgrade.

John

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