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

submitted 2 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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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can't make a claim for Fedora, but I know on OpenSUSE the maintenance,Scrub etc is already built In as cron/scripts. There's no need to run additional scripts.

[–] glizzyguzzler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was hoping the distros would just do the scrub/balance work for you - makes it no effort then! Good to know OpenSUSE does it for ya. Searching it looks like Fedora doesn’t have anything built in sadly, but the posts are +1 yr old so maaaybe they’ve done something.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 2 points 2 months ago

openSuSE expects you to be on btrfs + xfs for root and home, so it's quite well integrated, and if you learn the admin software you don't even need to memorise any cli