On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 6:52 AM, Benjamin Lefoul <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. OpenSUSE 13.2 uses btrfs as default (!!) and we have one prototype of > our system running it (most of our productions are still running older > openSUSE on ext4). > > We are considering switching to Scientific Linux, but the btrfs question > remains. The prototype is doing fine so far, but what we are really > interested in with BTRFS is RAID and compression (not tried yet). > > The new openSUSE release from yesterday (apparently no longer called > "openSUSE" but "Leap") decided to use SLES (SUSE Linux Enterprise Linux) as > upstream, while keeping btrfs as default, and I don't know if that means SLES > (a major enterprise distro) also considers BTRFS mature.
The "ext*" series of filesystems have been extremely reliable, and stable, and have gained incrementally in capacity in time to support the growing needs. > If you recommend not using BTRFS in Scientific Linux until Red Hat makes a > major release of it, that could mean 3 years of waiting given their release > life cycle. I am no longer sure which way to go… What's the rush? Is there a single compelling performance benefit in your workflow? > Benjamin Lefoul > nWISE AB > > > > ________________________________________ > From: David Sommerseth [[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 11:54 AM > To: Benjamin Lefoul; [email protected] > Subject: Re: BTRFS > > On 05/11/15 09:38, Benjamin Lefoul wrote: >> Hi, >> >> If the btrfs filesystem on SL7 mature enough for a production environment? >> According to Sanders van Vugt it was not even available in RHEL 7.0, but >> will be (is?) in updates… > > I would claim that btrfs is NOT ready for primetime production where > your data is precious. If your intention is to use it on systems where > you have good backups to get acquainted with it, test it in a broader > scale and do bug reporting, then it is probably fine. > > Btrfs have also been a topic on a few conferences I've been on over the > years (like devconf.cz), and file system developers doing btrfs > presentations have often said that btrfs still needs to be treated > carefully. It just takes time to develop and mature an advanced file > system. > > In addition I would also say that once RHEL puts it in a release ready > for production, that's the point where you can begin to have real > confidence in the file system. Currently I believe it is only available > as a technology preview. More on technology preview can be found here: > <https://access.redhat.com/support/offerings/techpreview> > > On the other hand, I am conservative and very careful when it comes to > data integrity. > > > -- > kind regards, > > David Sommerseth
