btmaybe

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   by btmaybe 9y ago

   XFS has the same problem as btrfs: extreme sensitivity to metadata corruption. I'm not sure XFS has the RAID1-for-metadata (DUP) feature like btrfs has recently added.
2. 2.▲
   by btmaybe 9y ago

   It's a relatively new feature (Jan-2016) and it's disabled by default for SSD devices (increased wear). Personally I prefer increased wear over unmountable volumes.
3. 3.▲
   by btmaybe 9y ago

   I too have lost an entire btrfs volume (single disk) because of a bad sector. It seems btrfs is very sensitive to bad sectors in metadata, compared to ext4. Since then, I've formatted my btrfs partition to do RAID1 on metadata and have