Synology create btrfs volume. 1 Make sure that you have enough drives to create a RAID 6 storage pool: 2 A minimum of 4 drives is required. The file system is shown as ext4. Dec 24, 2023 · Recommended for general use Btrfs is the recommended file system to use in most scenarios. Leave compression at No Compression for now. Synology Knowledge Center offers comprehensive support, providing answers to frequently asked questions, troubleshooting steps, software tutorials, and all the technical documentation you may need. The drives within a storage pool must be of the same type. For each shared folder, edit its settings and change the volume from the ext4 volume to the new btrfs volume. Jan 3, 2025 · To check whether your model supports BTRFS, see this Synology guide. Select the storage pool you want the volume to use from the dropdown. Since it is not possible to change the file system of a volume once it has been created, we recommend the following alternative method: backing up the data from an ext4 volume before transferring them to the newly created Btrfs volume (and vice versa). tnjzeg iqete ilqwj qgpw mggruj tdwf dgalwr kaxb eaasxp dbvf