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In the 26 years or so I have used Linux, I have had corrupted filesystems with reiserfs, XFS, btrfs, and ext[23]. In the case of reiserfs and XFS it was practic
by danieldk 7y ago
In the 26 years or so I have used Linux, I have had corrupted filesystems with reiserfs, XFS, btrfs, and ext[23]. In the case of reiserfs and XFS it was practically impossible to recover the filesystem (IIRC reiserfs would reattach anything that resembled a B-tree). For ext[23], it was surprisingly easy to get back most of the data. Never had any corruption with ZFS or ext4. I didn't try to fix the btrfs filesystem, since it was a machine that had to be repurposed anyway.
- mekster 7y agoWhen was it that XFS got corrupted on you? I think as RedHat embraces XFS, I assume it's quite good now.
- danieldk 7y agoSomewhere between being merged in mainline and 2009.
- starfallg 7y agoMy experience with recovering btrfs is that you get back most of your files, but with the content replaced with random gibberish. Which is not too useful. In a way, I would rather it bomb out and declare a total loss than to keep sinking more time into it as it leads you along.