Hallo Everybody,
First of all I want to apologize for some potential mistakes in my English but I’m not an English native speaker …
Also I don’t know if I put the question into the right topic, correct me if I’m wrong
My Question is about the ZFS file System
I want to use ZFS for a private Storage of private Data (for example pictures, movie files, music, etc.) and because I have a big collection of files I have the fear of loosing them due to Bit rot
The First Question I’d like to know if ZFS only works for NAS Devices or can I also use it for HDD Devices ?
This does involve the question, if ZFS has to be „online“ all the time or if I can only activate the device with ZFS if I need it to get some data.?
I read that ZFS uses Checksums to prevent Date corruption (Bit Rot).
My Question is, does ZFS detects errors by itself or do I have to make tests to check all my files ?
(maybe like we have to detract windows pcs or something like that or is it an automatic process ?)
Can I merge many disks (which are put into only single HDD Enclosure (for example with JBOD)) into one big Data Pool ?
I’d also like to know if I have a User Interface for copying, deleting and moving files from my desktop to my RAID-Z Drive ?
And am I able to format the Drive / the pool with a UI or do I have to use a terminal ?
Last question - does ZFS has a implementation for windows / macOS or is it only for Linux, FreeBSD and so on ?
P.S.: Sorry for the long post, but I’m not really experienced with this topic
First of all I want to apologize for some potential mistakes in my English but I’m not an English native speaker …
Also I don’t know if I put the question into the right topic, correct me if I’m wrong
My Question is about the ZFS file System
I want to use ZFS for a private Storage of private Data (for example pictures, movie files, music, etc.) and because I have a big collection of files I have the fear of loosing them due to Bit rot
The First Question I’d like to know if ZFS only works for NAS Devices or can I also use it for HDD Devices ?
This does involve the question, if ZFS has to be „online“ all the time or if I can only activate the device with ZFS if I need it to get some data.?
I read that ZFS uses Checksums to prevent Date corruption (Bit Rot).
My Question is, does ZFS detects errors by itself or do I have to make tests to check all my files ?
(maybe like we have to detract windows pcs or something like that or is it an automatic process ?)
Can I merge many disks (which are put into only single HDD Enclosure (for example with JBOD)) into one big Data Pool ?
I’d also like to know if I have a User Interface for copying, deleting and moving files from my desktop to my RAID-Z Drive ?
And am I able to format the Drive / the pool with a UI or do I have to use a terminal ?
Last question - does ZFS has a implementation for windows / macOS or is it only for Linux, FreeBSD and so on ?
P.S.: Sorry for the long post, but I’m not really experienced with this topic