building NAS with btrfs filesystem - suggestions

Hi,

I am building a NAS using old dell optiplex 9010 (i5 with 16GB RAM), added a startech 4 port sata iii controller card and 4x 4TB WD RED HDD. I've managed to install OMV5 on usb which is working just fine. After some research I've decided to go with RAID 10 and now I am trying to decide best way to implement file system. I read somewhere that OMV 6 will only be supporting btrfs which is prompting me to go with this file system to future proof my NAS as I will most definitely upgrade to OMV6 as soon as its released and stable however I am not sure what's the best way to implement btrfs in OMV5 .

Btrfs timeshot feature is something I am particularly interested in however OMV UI does not have any option to set it yet so i was wondering if its safe to use command line to setup filesystem and OMV5 will accept it or do I need to stick with OMV's UI for configuring filesystem?

Quote from Morlan

As far as I read there is a discussion about using BTRFS as the underlaying filesystem for the OMV install. I'm certain OMV will still support all regular linux filesystems for your datadisks. So from that perspective there is no pressure to use BTRFS.

Set up the filesystem with the OMV Gut and then configure the snapshots / backups via the command line. But I strongly suggest to familiarize yourself with the filesystem first before completely relying on it. That involves reading the documentation and researching the tools (e.g. btrbk or snapper for automated snapshots), so in case of a problem you know what to do.

Thanks Morlan. Sure I am doing a deep dive in brtfs file system to fully understand and feel like I should be able to setup it up the way I want to. I just wasn't sure how OMV will react to these manual changes. I think I can completely setup and manage a Debian based home NAS using command line however for ease of use and to save time I'd prefer to use OMV for as much config. as I can.