Am Donnerstag, 14. März 2013 schrieb Gary Dale: > On 13/03/13 09:00 PM, Brad Alexander wrote: > > While it isn't quite getting long in the tooth, sid is still sporting > > the 3.2.x kernel. Now as I recall, Greg KH said that this would be the > > next long term support kernel, but I would like to play with some of > > the newer features from the later 3.x kernels from experimental, like > > f2fs and btrfs. I was wondering if anyone is running any of them, and > > if they are stable enough for day-to-day use. > > > > Thanks, > > --b > > I wouldn't use any of the newer file systems until they've been around > in use for a couple of years. You can use btrfs now and I've heard that > it's quite reliable but it depends on how much you value the new > features versus the risk of losing your files.
Granted, it still not marked stable. That said, I did not loose data with any of the BTRFS file systems I have in use. And, heck, I can prove it by using scrubbing. I started with my old Amarok ThinkPad, all BTFRFS, very aged and slow, but also just a ThinkPad T23, then a local data volume at work, and then / on this ThinkPad T520 with Intel SSD 320 and since about a month also /home. Also my backup harddisks are all BTRFS now. I use snapshots to preserve older versions of backups. Of course I recommend staying with quite recent kernels if using BTRFS. Also I suggest to do it step by step: Start with something that isn´t critical to you. And once you feel safe you can extend. That said, I think the risk to loose data with BTFRS is not higher anymore than with Ext4 and XFS. But thats just my personal impression and I have no statistics to prove it. But well does anyone have any? Search "your- favorite-filesystem corruption" and you will always find tons of hits. But which ones are real software issues? -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
