Filesystem reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 193 Reddit reviews across 26 subreddits and 41 posts to rank the best Filesystem brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/linuxquestions, r/archlinux, r/DataHoarder, r/linux, r/selfhosted. Top-rated brands include Btrfs (4.5/5), ZFS (4.7/5), EXT4 (4.1/5).
Stats
Reviews193
Subreddits26
Posts41
Brands22
Products4
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#1
Btrfs
4.5
(63)
"Btrfs black screen after an update? rollback and wait for hotfix, problem solved."
"Btrfs, it's just nice, snapshots and transparent compression are the main appeal for me."
"Very happy with btrfs in Fedora."
"Snapshots are a killer feature in my opinion."
"Btrfs, because CoW."
"BTRFS ---> Snapshots."
"Btrfs with Timeshift."
"Btrfs with Timeshift 👍"
"I have a 250GB SSD with btrfs that contains the OS because of the snapshots."
"Just moved from EXT4 to BTRFS since I was tired to live on the edge."
#2
ZFS
4.7
(38)
"My zfs pool has existed intact from Solaris thru open Indiana into Linux."
"Zfs... recovery of failed RAID is made complex if you have config on the host O/S."
"ZFS for data volume. Ext4 for operating system."
"ZFS... Zettabyte File System... it's not just a file system, it's a volume manager."
"ZFS. I like the letter Z."
"ZFS all the way."
"ZFS"
"I have a 200 Tb plex media server; use ZFS, 3 wide mirrors; i’m super paranoid lol"
"ZFS is always the first consideration unless it's seriously incompatible with your requirements."
"In my opinion, ZFS is going to be the best option."
#3
EXT4
4.1
(44)
"The most important aspect of any filesystem is rock solid stability."
"In the year 2024, the answer should always be ext4."
"Ext4. Has never let me down in all these years."
"I use EXT4 and haven't had any issues."
"I'd use ext4 personally unless I had a very good reason to do otherwise. It's rock solid."
"I have a Raspberry Pi running raspbian with a Seagate external USB drive attached which is ext4. It just sits in a closet running a Samba share 24/7 and has been running for about a year with zero issues."
"Ext4. I strongly recommend you consider encrypting it with LUKS."
"Ext4 is the most solid"
"Ext4 is by far the most solid fs out there"
"Ext4 is fast and good enough for overall use."
#4
XFS
4.1
(24)
"On my daily computer XFS because it is crazy fast, reliable."
"The filesystem of kings!"
"I have XFS everywhere, and I don't feel limited."
"XFS (the default) is a great file system."
"On my main server I keep all of my media on a drive which has had the same XFS partition for probably 3 years with no issues either."
"Xfs as it's reliable."
"I started using XFS some years back... mostly for performance."
"I use ext4 for all system and boot partitions. For the rest of my drives, which currently total approximately 188 TB, I use XFS."
"XFS, it's stable, reliable, and has some nice backup features."
"XFS. Especially for HDD. For SSD you can stay with ext4."
#5
ExFAT
3.8
(4)
"I would use exFAT despite its flaws with lack of journaling."
"I like exFAT on external drives."
"Try exFAT, works on both systems, supports files up to 128PB."
"Exfat."
#6
F2FS
4.0
(3)
"F2FS is optimized for working with flash memory."
"I didn't see this mentioned but F2FS is also an option."
"F2FS. Why not use something that was at least designed with the intention of running on NAND flash memory?"
#7
UFS Explorer
4.0
(2)
"FWIW My goto tools are UFS and DMDE."
"UFS Explorer as for me"
#8
MinIO
5.0
(1)
"Minio/s3 in general is great. Easy to make highly available."
#9
Syncthing
5.0
(1)
"**THE** thing that does bidirectional sync between your devices is **syncthing**."
#10
ext4
4.0
(1)
"You probably want xfs, but ext4 should be fine too."
#11
SeaweedFS
4.0
(1)
"SeaweedFS maybe what you’re after."
#12
TrueNAS
4.0
(1)
"If you're looking for an OS to run on the server, it sounds like you're looking for TrueNAS."
#13
Unraid
4.0
(1)
"Unraid. It’s not free, but I’m still using the same license I purchased a decade ago."
#14
EXT2
4.0
(1)
"Ext2 - extreme backwards compatibility, no journal overhead."
#15
LittleFS
4.0
(1)
"+1 littlefs, we have used it in production."
#16
Stratis
4.0
(1)
"Stratis (integritysetup,LVM,cryptsetup,xfs) where LVM handles ssd cache for hdd."
#17
UFS Explorer Recovery Explorer
4.0
(1)
"You could also look into recovery explorer and ufs explorer, as those two programs are very good tools as well."
#18
R-Studio
4.0
(1)
"Probably R-Studio for this particular situation."
#19
ext3
4.0
(1)
"I have no real experience with anything but Ext3 and Ext4. It has been working great for me on all kinds of storage devices for over a decate now."
#20
Synology
4.0
(1)
"ExFat is arguably the most recommended option for Synology/Mac compatibility."
#21
Starwind
4.0
(1)
"You can check Starwinds vSAN to manage your storage and should help you to create cluster."
#22
NTFS
3.0
(1)
"NTFS-if your not using Windows don't use it."
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