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=== Filters ===
=== Filters ===
Because a complete balance may take '''a long time''', there is the possibility of filters in balance. When using a filter only those chunks will be balanced, that are named by the filter.
Because a complete balance may take '''a long time''', there is the possibility of filters in balance. When using a filter only those chunks will be balanced, that are named by the filter.
{{BoxDanger|Potetial Bug when using a swapfile:| Never use a full-balance on a machine with a swapfile, since it will ignore +C Attributes. You may also have a look at [https://forum.manjaro.org/t/howto-enable-and-configure-hibernation-with-btrfs/51253/36] }}
* '''balance''' all chunks that are less than 50% full. This '''will''' take some time !
{{BoxWarning|Don't use filters higher than 90%|This is unnecessary on an SSD drive. On a hard drive, this will put a lot of strain on the disk. Even with today's hard drives (>2TB), it may take a very long time. (e.g. 24 hours or more)}}
Latest revision as of 11:07, 25 March 2024
Filters
Because a complete balance may take a long time, there is the possibility of filters in balance. When using a filter only those chunks will be balanced, that are named by the filter.
balance all chunks that are less than 50% full. This will take some time !
Don't use filters higher than 90%This is unnecessary on an SSD drive. On a hard drive, this will put a lot of strain on the disk. Even with today's hard drives (>2TB), it may take a very long time. (e.g. 24 hours or more)
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