hello, so in another thread i was asking about zfs vs ext4 and it made me realize, i don't know how to judge a file system and figure out what file system is best for my use case

i have one laptop, several external hard drives, and i serve only myself

given that use case scenario what would be my best file system and why? and in the future how could i figure out how to decide what file system would be best for my particular use case scenario?

thank you

You were told in your other thread multiple times, by multiple people. You were asked very simple questions like, "What problem are you trying to solve?" and "Why do you want to change this?", but never answered. AGAIN: most people use ext for things, because it just plain works. You keep using the term "best", but don't ever *DEFINE WHAT BEST IS*, nor can you. You need to focus on actual problems that you're having rather than grasping at everything you hear about wanting 'best'.

Want to know what 'best' is?? Does your system function the way you want it to?? If so..you have the 'best' system. If you're having problems (disk too slow to stream HD videos? Bad network speed? Junky/blocky video?), then at that point you need to address THAT PROBLEM.

Please post your thread in only one forum. Posting a single thread in the most relevant forum will make it easier for members to help you and will keep the discussion in one place. This thread is being closed because it is a duplicate.

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...6/#post6496305