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What are the pros and cons of btrfs? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 days ago by Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee to c/linux@programming.dev

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I recently started using Fedora with btrfs, which I think was the default on install. So far all I've noticed is that backups and restores are really fast and easy.

Are there any important things to be aware of, like speed, drive lifespan or energy efficiency?

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[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 10 points 4 days ago (3 children)

backups and restores are really fast and easy.

snapshots are not backups. for your own good.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Good to know! Can you elaborate?

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 points 2 days ago

they don't protect against hardware failures and accidents while editing your partition table.

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They're a kind of backup...

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 2 points 3 days ago

I think it's more healthy to think of it as a form of write protection

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 1 points 4 days ago

Yeah, it's more for system recovery