![]() ![]() Delayed allocation with XFS helps prevent file system fragmentation, while online defragmentation is also supported.XFS enables allocating space across extents with data structures stored in B-trees also improves overall file system performance, especially when dealing with large files.XFS provides data consistency by using metadata logging and maintaining write barriers.XFS provides excellent scalability of I/O threads, file system bandwidth, and size of files and of the file system itself when spanning multiple physical storage devices.XFS is particularly proficient at parallel input/output (I/O) operations due to its design, which is based on allocation groups.XFS is known for its robustness and speed.XFS works extremely well with large files.There are lots of other similarities and differences to go through, but for now, let’s look at how Synology DSM and TrueNAS Core display your storage in the GUI. ![]() They also both provide low-resource consuming snapshot creation in the background and the ability to store many, many thousands of snapshot images with customized retention policies. ![]() Both BTRFS and ZFS use a checksum/background comparison system on writers in order to identify errors and auto repair them, as well as both DSM and TrueNAS supplying a faster RAID rebuild system whereby only the areas of a rebuild drive that would have had data on them are built and the rest zero’d out. Indeed a number of key Synology applications insist on the use of BTRFS by the system in order to run (eg Synology Virtual Machine Manager). Alot of that comes down to how BTRFS is implemented by the system, but in the case of Synology and DSM it is done so quite comprehensively and on the ground level. Synology and it’s DSM platform is (for the most part, barring some more economical devices in their portfolio) available using the BTRFS and EXT4 file systems.Īlthough EXT4 has a long-established history and support by storage users, BTRFS opinion is a little more divided as it is much newer than EXT4 or ZFS. TrueNAS utilizes ZFS as its file system of choice and although it is a little more resource-intensive (predominantly in memory) to run its range of services, it is a fantastically enterprise file system that supports native inline deduplication across the system (i.e if data is being backed up from multiple clients is the same, such as OS data or shared databases, it only stores one copy and keeps an internal index of where that data is needed/stored across users), inline compression that saves storage space and a bunch of other advantages that are unique to ZFS. From how it keeps it accessible and stable, to how it reacts and adapts to changes in stability, these two NAS platforms have chosen their intended path very early and differ in some key ways. ![]() Alternatively, you can read the (LONG) Guide of Synology DSM 7 vs TrueNAS Core is available HERE.Īlmost certainly one of the biggest questions most users will have when considering TrueNAS and Synology DSM for their own private NAS server is how it manages storage.Part III of the TrueNAS vs Synology DSM Guide is HERE(08/04/22 – Security, Apps, Add ons and the Conclusion).Part I of the TrueNAS vs Synology DSM Guide is HERE(04/04/22 – Design, GUI and Customization).If you missed the earlier chapters/parts, you can find them in the links below: This is the 2nd part of my full comparison of Synology NAS DSM 7 and TrueNAS Core 12. 5.2 Related Synology DSM vs TrueNAS Part 2 – Storage and File & Folder Management ![]()
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