On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 06:29:21AM +0800, William Kenworthy wrote: > > One "odd" condition I ran into twice with the ssd + btrfs were > filesystems about half full but cant write to because the filesystem was > full! > > After messy crashes it seemed like btrfs would "lose" some > files/sectors/whatever and the only way I could recover was an erase > cycle (IBM 520 series). It wasnt sub-volumes or other wrinkles as far > as I could see, just that btrfs/trim and the underlying disk didn't > agree and I couldn't figure out why ... > > For "my" use case, having good backups (regularly tested by actually > needing to use them :) have been an integral part of my ssd > "experiences" :) On the other side, the apple laptop with ssd + btrfs > on root has been problem free. > > BillK
Everyone I know who uses BTRFS tells me they MUST keep backups, because of such as that. It seems it's just not yet ready for prime time. I used EXT4 in the past, and now XFS, and never had any data loss. Just my 2c and experience. -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ supp...@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting
