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> Btrfs requires a regularly run administrative task via "btrfs balance" This hasnt been my experience within the past few years, though I do remember it being
by ac29 6y ago
> Btrfs requires a regularly run administrative task via "btrfs balance"
This hasnt been my experience within the past few years, though I do remember it being somewhat necessary in the past. Both systems I'm running btrfs on have their free space within a few percent of the unallocated space (indicating most used blocks are fairly full and little space is wasted).
- codys 6y agoAre you using snapshots in btrfs? Perhaps trying to use this feature was what caused it to be needed for my use case.