I looked into btrfs some time ago for the same reasons. I had a Linux system that I wanted to do more intelligent things with storage.
However, I reverted to Ext3/4 and MD because of the portions of btrfs that haven't been completed. It seems that btrfs development is very slow, which doesn't make me feel that a bug that I find (or even a fsck tool) will be fixed/provided. Another item that made me nervous was my experience with ZFS. Even when called 'ready for production', a number of bugs were found that were pretty nasty. They've since been fixed (years ago), but there were some surprises there that I'd rather not encounter on a Linux system. While I like to try the latest thing, I've spent quite a bit of time generating/collecting my data. I really don't want to lose it if I can avoid it. :-) I came to the conclusion that btrfs isn't ready for prime time. I'll re-evaluate as development continues and the missing portions are provided. I'm seriously thinking about converting the Linux system in question into a FreeBSD system so that I can use ZFS. On Oct 17, 2011, at 9:29 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: > This subject may have been ridden to death... I missed it if so. > > Not wanting to start a flame fest or whatever but.... > > As a common slob who isn't very skilled, I like to see some commentary > from some of the pros here as to any comparison of zfs against btrfs. > > I realize btrfs is a lot less `finished' but I see it is starting to > show up as an option on some linux install routines... Debian an > ubuntu I noticed and probably many others. > > My main reasons for using zfs are pretty basic compared to some here > and I wondered how btrfs stacks up on the basic qualities. > > > > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss ----- Gregory Shaw, Enterprise IT Architect Phone: (303) 246-5411 Oracle Global IT Service Design Group 500 Eldorado Blvd, UBRM02-157 greg.s...@oracle.com (work) Broomfield, CO 80021 gr...@fmsoft.com (home) Hoping the problem magically goes away by ignoring it is the "microsoft approach to programming" and should never be allowed. (Linus Torvalds) _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
