Difference between revisions of "Btrfs Maintenance"

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== Btrfs needs no maintenance ==

This even ~~may~~ be true, when:

* You always keep 10% of your volume unallocated

This can even be true when:

I do not ~~say~~ "free", ~~because~~ free ~~does mean~~ nothing ~~with btrfs~~. The value you ~~have~~ to ~~watch~~ most is "unallocated" !

* You always keep 10% of your volume '''unallocated'''

{{BoxWarning|free or unallocated|I'm not saying "free" because with btrfs, free means nothing. The value you need to pay most attention to is '''unallocated''' ! }}

==== Every filesystem needs some maintenance ====

Some filesystems do an automatic chkfs at every XX. mount

Some filesystems do an automatic chkfs at every XX. mount.

Others need the user to do a chkfs manually. On most you have to watch not to fill them to 100%. ~~Some~~ reserve 5% for root.

Others need the user to do a chkfs manually. On most you have to watch not to fill them to 100%. Others reserve 5% for root.

Some filesystems need to be defragmented. Others do not.

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 == Btrfs needs no maintenance ==
-This even may be true, when:
-* You always keep 10% of your volume unallocated
+This can even be true when:
-  I do not say "free", because free does mean nothing with btrfs. The value you have to watch most is "unallocated" !
+* You always keep 10% of your volume '''unallocated'''
+{{BoxWarning|free or unallocated|I'm not saying "free" because with btrfs, free means nothing. The value you need to pay most attention to is '''unallocated''' ! }}
 ==== Every filesystem needs some maintenance ====
-Some filesystems do an automatic chkfs at every XX. mount
+Some filesystems do an automatic chkfs at every XX. mount.
-Others need the user to do a chkfs manually. On most you have to watch not to fill them to 100%. Some reserve 5% for root.
+Others need the user to do a chkfs manually. On most you have to watch not to fill them to 100%. Others reserve 5% for root.
 Some filesystems need to be defragmented. Others do not.