We have reached the last chapter of our Btrfs trilogy. After securing your data and scheduling backups, today we talk about how to optimize every single byte on the disk. If you think that space is a finite resource, Btrfs will change your mind thanks to transparent compression and Read more
In the previous post we saw how to make our system resilient “on site” using RAID and snapshot. But if the PC explodes or the server is stolen, local snapshots are useless. Today we make the leap in quality: Let's learn how to use Btrfs Send and Receive. Forget rsync e Read more
If you run a Linux server or workstation, the file system is not just a place where “park” file, but your first line of defense against data corruption. Today we talk about Btrfs, un file system copy-on-write (CoW) which offers native tools to manage integrity and redundancy. Read more