Re:Revisiting How We Put Together Linux Systems
by newman314 on Saturday March 04, 2017 @12:56AM
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Synology has had btrfs for a while. Their latest release just made it available for more models.
That said, when I bought a 916 last year, I ended up sticking with just ext4 as I needed something that would definitely work. I anticipate that I will at some point switch over.
On the flip-side, Synology just rolled out Btrfs in and update and I'm pretty sure it's the default partition type going forward. They don't expose all the fancy features like dedup, but the fact it's default shows some confidence.
So it sounds like it's being actively developed and getting closer to being trustworthy.