Anyone else trying out the new btrfs file system?

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Sun May 23 19:03:06 UTC 2010


On 05/23/2010 10:47 AM, Charlie Brune wrote:
> I've been looking at the new "btrfs" file system and it looks promising.
> 
> Some of its design goals are:
> -- Online defrag
> -- Online resizing
> -- Snapshots
> ... and much more.  Wiki is at 
> https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page
> 
> It looks like, ultimately, btrfs is the file system that we'll all be using.
> 
> So ... I'm wondering if anyone else out there is trying it out.  In 
> 10.04, you can download btrfs-tools and create btrfs file systems.
> 
> I still haven't figured out how to resize a subvolume and some of the 
> other stuff.
> 
> Keep in mind that it's still labeled as "experimental", so don't trust 
> your important data with it just yet.  I have my btrfs file system 
> created on a 32G thumbdrive.

http://www.netsplit.com/2010/05/14/btrfs-by-default-in-maverick/
<quote>
It’s a tough gauntlet, and it would only made with the knowledge that
production servers and desktops can be run on Lucid as a fully supported
version of Ubuntu at the same time.  I’d give it a 1-in-5 chance.
</quote>

More:
<http://www.webupd8.org/2010/05/20-chances-to-get-btrfs-in-ubuntu-1010.html>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Btrfs







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