use of BTRFS ?

[wpshooter]

I am about to setup a computer with Maverick.

This will be for experiment use only, there will be nothing of any critical nature on it.

Should I consider using the BTRFS, yes or no ?

What would be the advantages/disadvantages (if any) on using it as opposed to EXT4 ?

Thanks.

[efflandt]

If you have an expendable drive with no essential data (or backed up regularly) and 10.10 is working stable for you fine otherwise, go for it. Your input would help whoever is developing it determine if there are any problems with it. You will need a separate /boot partition because grub cannot read it yet.

From https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page


Note that Btrfs does not yet have a fsck tool that can fix errors. While Btrfs is stable on a stable machine, it is currently possible to corrupt a filesystem irrecoverably if your machine crashes or loses power on disks that don't handle flush requests correctly. This will be fixed when the fsck tool is ready.

[wpshooter]

If you have an expendable drive with no essential data (or backed up regularly) and 10.10 is working stable for you fine otherwise, go for it. Your input would help whoever is developing it determine if there are any problems with it. You will need a separate /boot partition because grub cannot read it yet.

From https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page

Thanks.

Yes, I had already read that the FSCK was not yet ready.

Any idea as to when that might be available or where to find out about its projected availability date ?

[DarkRedman]

You will need a separate /boot partition because grub cannot read it yet.

From https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page


How much place the /boot partition needs ?!

[gruffy-06]

Usually I recommend having at least 250MB. You might want more if you are interested in compiling your own kernel.