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SSD Cache - EXT4 or BTRFS
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 7:32 am
by phamine
Which file system should be used?
Going to us an SSD for file cache and Plex Meta data predominately
Re: SSD Cache - EXT4 or BTRFS
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:03 pm
by ilike2burnthing
Very simplified summary:
Btrfs - snapshots, file integrity
EXT4 - slightly better performance, wider Linux compatibility
There are a tonne of more detailed comparisons of the two online, so I'd suggest looking them up.
Re: SSD Cache - EXT4 or BTRFS
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:43 pm
by AS6404T user
phamine wrote:Which file system should be used?
Going to us an SSD for file cache and Plex Meta data predominately
I started with btrfs but switched to ext4 for two reasons:
1. Performance was better with ext4, particularly for streaming video, which frequently laggged and stalled when using btrfs.
2. The btrfs disks made a lot of noise when they were synchronized each day at midnight.
See this post for more:
viewtopic.php?f=45&t=10661