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Comparison of features between the most popular file system ext4.
BTRfs vs ext4
ext4 and BTRfs are modern file system types which can be used with a Linux operating system.
ext4 advantages
ext4 is the default for major Linux distributions such as Ubuntu. ext4 is in use by a very large number
of Linux users and has proven to be useable. BTRfs is not considered ready for normal (production)
use, and has not been widely tested by end users. One of the primary problems with BTRfs today
is its incomplete fsck (filesystem check) implementation, which may not be able to successfully fix
file system problems when they appear. (According to the BTRfs wiki as of 2012/7/3, «while this
tool should be able to repair broken filesystems, it is still relatively new code, and has not seen
widespread testing on a large range of real-life breakage. It is possible that it may cause additional
damage in the process of repair.»)
Benchmarks have shown that ext4 provides superior read-write speed to BTRfs. Since BTRfs is under
development, it may (or may not) improve performance to match ext4 in the future. BTRfs has
shown high disk consumption on small files.
BTRfs advantages
BTRfs will provide new features, such as the «copy-on-write» concept to improve performance and
reliability. BTRfs systems will be able to «roll back», meaning all changes made to the hard disk since
a certain point in time would be reversed.
BTRfs and ext4 both support online grow, but BTRfs supports online shrink, while ext4 only supports
offline shrink. This means BTRfs users do not have to unmount the filesystem to shrink it.
The way to the future
Theodore Ts›o, principal developer of ext3 and a maintainer of ext4, says that BTRfs is the way
forward due to new features in its design.
Public Opinion from /r/BTRfs on reddit.
Love:
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Online everything! Dedup, defrag, shrink, grow, raid level migration, adding/removing drives.
Think about this: you can move the root partition to a different drive without rebooting.
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Snapshots. I use these every day, and sometimes when I use them they›re a lifesaver.
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Send/receive. In combination with Snapshots an über awesome base to build a backup system.
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Checksumming. I have lost data in the past to bit rot and I don’t want it to happen again.
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Страница 4: ...Introduction...
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Страница 12: ...Getting Started p 12 Front View Rear View...
Страница 31: ...Getting Started p 31 All settings can be changed manually in the G RACK 12 Administrative Tool at any time...
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Страница 41: ...Administrative Tool p 41 Delete Workspace To delete a workspace highlight the workspace and click Delete button...
Страница 48: ...Administrative Tool p 48 Extended information from smartctl utility...
Страница 77: ...Administrative Tool p 77 SMB CIFS Workspaces Add a workspace that will connect via SMB CIFS service...
Страница 92: ...Administrative Tool p 92 Comment Optional comment text box...
Страница 109: ...Administrative Tool p 109 Example error message...
Страница 124: ...Administrative Tool p 124 Memory usage Network interfaces...
Страница 130: ...Hardware Description...
Страница 159: ...Use Cases Tutorials...
Страница 180: ...Use Cases Tutorials p 180...
Страница 184: ...Use Cases Tutorials p 184 You need to click the enable slider to activate this option...
Страница 191: ...Use Cases Tutorials p 191 Lastly a review is presented before the shares are created...
Страница 192: ...Use Cases Tutorials p 192 Once you confirm the process starts...
Страница 215: ...Use Cases Tutorials p 215 6 The RAID is ready...
Страница 221: ...iSCSI Essentials...
Страница 228: ...iSCSI Essentials p 228 Links and references https en wikipedia org wiki ISCSI...
Страница 234: ...Troubleshooting...
Страница 247: ...F A Q...
Страница 272: ...Technical Support Warranty...
Страница 283: ...Glossary...
Страница 289: ...Appendices...