>> If there is a lot of small files, then the size of metadata will be >> undesirable due to deduplication > > > Yes, that is a fact, but if that really matters depends on the use-case > (e.g., the small files to large files ratio, ...). But as btrfs is designed > explicitly as a general purpose file system, you usually want the good > performance instead of the better disk-usage (especially as disk space isn't > expensive anymore).
As I understand it, in basically all cases the total storage used by inlining will be _smaller_, as the allocation doesn't need to be aligned to the sector size. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html