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Ask HN: Do you use btrfs for anything serious?
Btrfs is 15 years old. It seems to be the Linux ecosystem response to ZFS.
But is it ready for production? If not, will it ever be? Are there alternatives for a modern production ready file system for Linux with compression, deduplication, integrity checks, and so on?
I am curious to know who uses btrfs for anything serious and business critical.
Please share your experiences.
- fsflover 2y agoPeople using Qubes OS find btrfs fast and reliable: https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/btrfs-and-qubes-os/6967 https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/btrfs-and-qubes-os/6967, https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/ext4-vs-btrfs-performance-on-qubes-os-installs/13585 https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/ext4-vs-btrfs-performance-on-qu...
- aborsy 2y agoSynology uses it in production. At least for some features
- thfuran 2y agoAnd I think it has been the default on opensuse for at least several years.
- eternityforest 2y agoI use on mine because the volume of write IO is low, it's a spinning disk, and it's mostly just a backup. And, of course, because it's their default recommendation.
- justmarc 2y agoUsing it in production on hundreds of machines for several years now. Zero issues so far.
- micahdeath 2y agoi use it personally, but found reiserfs works better for me on spinning disks - both space and speed. ( lots of small files ) - btrfs, even with compression uses more space for normal workloads, ext4 is fine for me
- hosteur 2y agoI thought reiserfs was abandoned.