7 reasons I chose Btrfs over ZFS for my home NAS
It’s clearly simpler, smarter, and more flexible
When setting up my DIY home NAS, one of the things that took a lot of consideration was deciding between ZFS and Btrfs — two of the most popular filesystems. There are a lot of similarities between the two with features like snapshots, verifying data integrity, and copy-on-write for efficiency. But I couldn’t trust and go with what looked good on paper — they had to prove their mettle too. I wanted to prioritize low power draw, easy backup management, and long-term data integrity on my make-do hardware. After months of use and simultaneous testing, I settled on Btrfs, and I honestly don’t feel like going back — here’s why.
