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Development of Btrfs started in 2007. Since that time, Btrfs is a part of the Linux kernel and is under active development. The Btrfs code base is '''stable''' | Development of Btrfs started in 2007. Since that time, Btrfs is a part of the Linux kernel and is under active development. The Btrfs code base is '''[https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Status stable] .''' However, new features are still under development. Its main features and benefits are: | ||
* '''Snapshots''' which do not make | * '''Snapshots''' which do not make a full copy of files | ||
* '''RAID''' - support for software-based RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 | * '''RAID''' - support for software-based RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 | ||
* '''Self-healing''' - checksums for data and metadata, automatic detection of silent data corruptions | * '''Self-healing''' - checksums for data and metadata, automatic detection of silent data corruptions |