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I've lost data in BTRFS setups each of the three times I've given it a try over the course of 6 or so years. Root drive just became unrecoverable. These are all
by nullwarp 5y ago
I've lost data in BTRFS setups each of the three times I've given it a try over the course of 6 or so years. Root drive just became unrecoverable. These are all single disk setups
Meanwhile I've been running ZFS for close to the same time and have never lost anything.
I get it's an anecdotal view point but that's a very hard reputation to rebuild for BTRFS.
- rektide 5y agoI really just don't care about anecdotal data bits like this, especially when these attempts were tried probably 8+ years ago under who knows what conditions. How long ago did you give up btrfs, how long has it been, since your 6 years of trying it?
- acomjean 5y agoI think you may have unearthed the problem with btrfs. I know little about file systems and I know it might eat my data. If the btrfs failed for you, you’ll remember and likely won’t try again. I had that experience with a now defunct hard drive maker. After the second replacement one failed I vowed never again. They probably should rename it.
- graton 5y agoCounter anecdotal view point, I've been using BTRFS over the last 4 years now on multiple drives and multiple systems. No data loss has occurred.
- michaelmrose 5y agoIf it was so bad that nobody had positive anecdotes it would have to be nightmarish. It's like a car models reliability. A bad model new off the line is still liable to have years of trouble free usage just fewer on average. The difference between reliable and unreliable is the difference between 2 small negative probabilities over many iterations.