Re: [BackupPC-users] btrfs questions

On 06.03.2021 19:28, Paul Leyland wrote: But backuppc works just fine on a BSD-licensed mainline kernel. On 06/03/2021 14:46, Richard Shaw wrote: On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 8:26 AM Paul Leyland mailto:paul.leyl...@gmail.com>> wrote: Very happy with ZFS myself. YMMV. If only they would move

Re: [BackupPC-users] btrfs questions

On 2021-03-06 01:55, John Botha (SourceForge) wrote: Hi, I am about to take the plunge with BackupPC, and would appreciate input on the following three points regarding using btrfs for the data (bit rot protection is key for me). From what I've read, btrfs (like many file systems) suffers o

Re: [BackupPC-users] btrfs questions

But backuppc works just fine on a BSD-licensed mainline kernel. On 06/03/2021 14:46, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 8:26 AM Paul Leyland > wrote: > > > Very happy with ZFS myself. YMMV. > > > If only they would move to a FOSS license instead of CDD

Re: [BackupPC-users] btrfs questions

Standard disclaimer, I'm not a btrfs expert... On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 6:52 AM John Botha (SourceForge) < sourcefo...@yellowacorn.com> wrote: > From what I've read, btrfs (like many file systems) suffers over time when > fragmentation increases. I have seen suggestions such as not to put data > ba

Re: [BackupPC-users] btrfs questions

On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 8:26 AM Paul Leyland wrote: > > Very happy with ZFS myself. YMMV. > If only they would move to a FOSS license instead of CDDL it could be included in the mainline kernel. Thanks, Richard ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-

Re: [BackupPC-users] btrfs questions

I've seen bit-rot on a few disks out of hundreds used over the last 35-ish years. I am now storing /var/lib/backuppc on a ZFS RAID since the last catastophic disk failure. Sure enough one of those disks started writing garbage and then was taken off-line through infant mortality. The pool kept goi

Re: [BackupPC-users] btrfs questions

Hi there, On Sat, 6 Mar 2021, John Botha (SourceForge) wrote: ... take the plunge with BackupPC, ... bit rot protection is key ... ... ... fragmentation ... how best to approach this with a combination of rebalancing and scrubbing, or if there is another way or other aspects to keep in mind. ..

[BackupPC-users] btrfs questions

Hi, I am about to take the plunge with BackupPC, and would appreciate input on the following three points regarding using btrfs for the data (bit rot protection is key for me). From what I've read, btrfs (like many file systems) suffers over time when fragmentation increases. I have seen su