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Btrfs Is Getting There, But Not Quite Ready For Production

Posted by timothy on from the delicious-on-popcrnfs dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Btrfs is the next-gen filesystem for Linux, likely to replace ext3 and ext4 in coming years. Btrfs offers many compelling new features and development proceeds apace, but many users still aren't sure whether it's 'ready enough' to entrust their data to. Anchor, a webhosting company, reports on trying it out, with mixed feelings. Their opinion: worth a look-in for most systems, but too risky for frontline production servers. The writeup includes a few nasty caveats that will bite you on serious deployments."

2 of 268 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Happy with XFS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "...but Linux need a modern file system."

    Because? I'm sorry, you must have a different set of requirements than the article described (data center, decent performance, minimal risk of data loss). If you need a modern file system for your personal computer at home and can live with data loss and downtime, please feel free to indulge - that's one of the many benefits of Open Source. Or perhaps you are confusing volume/RAID management with the file system?

    Count another vote for happy with XFS on Linux after they worked out the bugs in the early 2000's. JFS (from IBM) and EXT4 are just as reliable nowadays.

  2. Re:Happy with XFS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Geez, bored, I wish you'd get your spelling straight:

    your == something you own, as in "your car" or "your house"
    you're == "you are"

    Wrong:
    "Your not great at spelling."

    Right:
    "You're not great at spelling."

    I think that your comments contain good information, but you keep making this spelling mistake over and over, and it detracts from your message.