What are the pros and cons of btrfs? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago by Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee to c/linux@programming.dev

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I recently started using Fedora with btrfs, which I think was the default on install. So far all I've noticed is that backups and restores are really fast and easy.

Are there any important things to be aware of, like speed, drive lifespan or energy efficiency?

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[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 11 points 3 months ago

backups and restores are really fast and easy.

snapshots are not backups. for your own good.

[-] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

They're a kind of backup...

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

I think it's more healthy to think of it as a form of write protection

[-] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, it's more for system recovery

[-] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Good to know! Can you elaborate?

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago

they don't protect against hardware failures and accidents while editing your partition table.

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