On 2016-12-31 22:38, jdd wrote:
Le 31/12/2016 à 21:32, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
Well, I expect a filesystem to "just work".
most people simply don't know what a file system is... (many people don't even know what an application is :-())
Yes.
I recognize and want the features of btrfs. But I don't trust it, from experience, so I have to say "not for me".
I have the same experience, but on the same side, when a new openSUSE is coming one can expect it to be better and at some point, BTRFS will certainly overcome ext4, but when?
for example, in a 20Gb root, booting once in a while, an update is (was?) probably going to kill btrfs default install, simply because lack of space. I had such problem even with 50Gb root.
Ah, yes, there is that. For me btrfs means repartition and reinstall. My root is spread on three disks, using different partitions for parts of the filesystem. The "/" itself is too small (30GB). Then my strategy is to upgrade the system, from SuSE 5.2 till Leap 42.2. I would have to break an install fresh, because there is no method to create an empty root btrfs
but in a near future, with 500Gb roots (and 5Tb home), will this still happen, probably not...
XFS has a well designed tool set, and a mail list where the developers kindly help people with disasters. They helped me more than once, and I helped them track a few bugs.
but it can't shrink the filesystem, the only thing I needed (to balance with root)
Ah. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)