BTRFS - Perfect Filesystem With Trust Issues

BTRFS - the filesystem that was first introduced in 2009, back in the days of Linux 2.6.x kernel. It came with a promise of being this modern filesystem, for the modern age. Packed with all sorts of features that were traditionally being considered as part of the “Software RAID” or “Volume manager”. To this day, it is being considered by many, as a “ZFS for the Linux world”. My first encounter with this filesystem was way later, when it was already considered pretty much stable....

February 7, 2021 · 8 min · Ivan Tomica