Post #1707444
2026-04-27 01:18 UTC
I’m not sure what the differences are between them but what I’m looking for, BTRFS calls “transparent file compression”. I want the files to be compressed when added to the device but still fully accessible as if they aren’t. As I stated in my post, BTRFS supports this and I was able to set it up. I was told by multiple users that F2FS also supports this but if it does, it’s not working for me.
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@non_burglar@lemmy.world 2026-04-27 02:55
BTRFS and ZFS both use block compression, ZFS by default. It’s meant to increase both storage efficiency and access speed and has nearly zero impact on performance. The files aren’t compressed from the filesystem point of view, which would satisfy your requirement not to need any other tools. I’m confused about your statement that you don’t want to save space with compression, but you indicated that you want to “make the most of your storage”. Are you looking for long-term archiving?