Installation of Ubuntu in BTRFS subvolumes

[Bernd Lentes]

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>From: ubuntu-users <ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com> On Behalf Of
>Smoot Carl-Mitchell via ubuntu-users
>Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2024 7:21 PM
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>Cc: Smoot Carl-Mitchell <smoot at tic.com>
>Subject: Re: Installation of Ubuntu in BTRFS subvolumes
>
>I implemented my backup solution using BTRFS on Ubuntu 24.10 and it is
>quite stable. Before people ask, this is not a true backup even though
>the server is in another building. I understand the copy on write
>feature of BTRFS making this not a true backup. However, using
>snapshots I am able to essentially emulate a Mac Time Machine where I
>can go back about two years and retrieve old files when necessary.
>
>The backup filesystem is on a series of software RAID volumes.
>Fortunately, I have not had more than single disk failures in two
>years. For my purposes this solution is good enough and reliable
>enough.
>--
>Smoot Carl-Mitchell

Hi Smoot,

when and how did you create the subvolumes ?
Have they been already available during installation of Ubuntu ?

Bernd
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