On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:23:07 +0530, Nilesh Govindarajan
Hi,
After true multilib support came for arch, I reformatted / as jfs to install arch64. But somehow, I feel my system is slow (in spite of regular fscks on every ten mounts and using deadline scheduler) as compared to arch32 & ext4. I'm thinking of using btrfs on /, is it stable to the extent that I can use it on /? I guess a lot of you guys are using it here?
I use it on my / for about six month now and it's OK. Of course regular backups are necessary, because when it fails (happend two or three times to me), it's mostly unrepairable and you lost everything. I also noticed significant speed regressions in last kernels, but I hope it will get OK soon. To keep the the btrfs fit, you should do balancing regularly and you should try to avoid leaving btrfs in inconsistent state (like forcing unmount or turning off (not properly) PC when there's some IO - that's how I destroyed my btrfs). I agree it's not ready yet for production use, where absolute reliability, stability and constant performance are required, but I think it's ready for home use. The more users will test it, the sooner it will get ready for production use. Dan -- -- Dan Vrátil vratil@progdansoft.com Tel: +4202 732 326 870 Jabber: progdan@jabber.cz