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A Guide To Synology BTRFS NAS Of 2018 – Genuine Advance In Network Attached Storage Or Just A Gimmick? https://nascompares.com/2016/04/21/a-guide-to-synology-btrfs-nas-of-2016-genuine-advance-in-network-attached-storage-or-just-a-gimmick/ How Synology NAS and Btrfs plan on protecting your company’s data When dealing with large-scale data storage, businesses require a solution that revents data corruption, while providing flexible backup tools. The next-generation Btrfs file system brings hese tools to Synology NAS servers, allowing businesses and organizations to reduce maintenance overhead and efficiently store their data. What is Btrfs? btrfs logo Btrfs is a modern file system developed by multiple parties and now supported by select Synology NAS models. Btrfs was designed to address obstacles often encountered in enterprise storage systems, such as fault tolerance, management, and data protection. What are the benefits of Btrfs? Implementing Btrfs volumes on Synology NAS delivers various benefits for enterprise users. Such as: Metadata mirroring and increased data availability Automatic corruption detection and repair In any storage system, keeping metadata intact is critical as it includes important information, such as folder structures, filenames, access permissions, and the location of each file. Btrf stores two copies of metadata on a volume, allowing for data recovery if the hard drive is damaged or suffers from bad sectors. Automatic corruption detection and repair Automatic corruption detection and repair Traditional storage systems might experience errors that go completely unnoticed which result in corrupt data being provided to applications with no warning or error messages. In order to avoid these types of errors, Btrfs provides checksums for data and metadata, generates two copies of metadata, and then verifies the checksums during each read process. If the file system discovers a mismatch, metadata will be repaired automatically and corrupted files will be reported and logged. Find out what is new in NAS by visiting me on the Blog - htto://NASCompares.com Need Free NAS advice? Ask whatever you want here - http://nascompares.com/contact-us/ Find me on Twitter @robbieonthetube Need a NAS? WHy not visit the experts at https://www.span.com https://en-gb.facebook.com/nascompares/