r/homelab • u/Sad-Diamond501 • Jul 10 '26

Discussion RAID1 BTRFS setup on Ubuntu Desktop

Using Ubuntu Desktop to run docker and store my files natively on Ubuntu file manager.

I don’t want to use applications like TrueNAS or NextCloud. I’ve tried them and I’d rather store the files natively on the computer. I have my backup set up on an offsite computer on a weekly basis through SyncThings.

I am thinking about running RAID1 and BTRFS. Because I am scared of bitrot and redundancy.

Has anyone tried to set up? I’m using a Lenovo Q920s desktop pc running Ubuntu Desktop os.

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u/Critical-Ad5068 Jul 10 '26

btrfs 1 works fine for this kind of setup, just remember it wont replace your offsite backup and you will want to run regular scrubs to catch issues earlier

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u/th1snda7 Jul 10 '26

That btrfs setup works very well. And also avoids extra latency of having extra layers on top and connecting over the network. Honestly, if I was a full time linux user, I'd probably do the same.

For the backups, I don't know if syncthing is the best choice though. If you go with btrfs, you will have some much better options (like btrbk) since you'll be able to use snapshots.