On 2014-11-19 16:58, Jakob Schürz wrote: > Hi there! > > I'm new on btrfs, and I like it :) > > But i have a question. I have a existing backup on an external HDD. This > was ext4 before i converted it to btrfs. > And i installed my debian new on btrfs with some subvolumes. (f.e. home, > var, multimedia/Video multimedia/Audio...) > If you have no other backups, I would really recommend that you *don't* use btrfs for your backup, or at least have a *third* backup which isn't on btrfs -- there are *still* problems with btrfs that can potentially wreck your backup filesystem. (Although it's obviously less likely if the external HDD will only be connected occasionally.) Don't get me wrong, btrfs is becoming more and more stable, but I wouldn't trust it with my *only* backup, especially if also running btrfs on the backed-up filesystem. Regards, -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
