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Choose extfs every time. btrfs is bloated. x220:~/tmp/linux-3.13.2/fs/ext4$ ohcount . Examining 39 file(s) Ohloh Line Count Summary Language
by hendry 13y ago
Choose extfs every time. btrfs is bloated.
x220:~/tmp/linux-3.13.2/fs/ext4$ ohcount .
Examining 39 file(s)
Ohloh Line Count Summary
Language Files Code Comment Comment % Blank Total
---------------- ----- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
c 37 31707 8586 21.3% 5038 45331
make 1 8 3 27.3% 3 14
---------------- ----- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Total 38 31715 8589 21.3% 5041 45345
x220:~/tmp/linux-3.13.2/fs/ext4$ cd ..
x220:~/tmp/linux-3.13.2/fs$ cd btrfs/
x220:~/tmp/linux-3.13.2/fs/btrfs$ ohcount .
Examining 81 file(s)
Ohloh Line Count Summary
Language Files Code Comment Comment % Blank Total
---------------- ----- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
c 79 77101 13378 14.8% 13025 103504
make 1 15 0 0.0% 4 19
---------------- ----- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Total 80 77116 13378 14.8% 13029 103523
- smilliken 13y agoI'd be surprised if btrfs was smaller. Its feature scope is significantly wider. The btrfs performance isn't at par yet either, but I'm particularly interested in filesystem-level compression which isn't supported in ext4.