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#1 2011-12-11 18:57:05
- matkam
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Does btrfs need fsck?
Btrfs is supposed to be different from classic file systems, and similar to ZFS, which also doesn't have fsck. Does btrfs really need fsck, why/why not?
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#2 2011-12-11 19:05:44
- falconindy
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Re: Does btrfs need fsck?
Just because ZFS doesn't have an fsck doesn't mean that the replication and self-healing implementations are a proper replacement. In reality, things still go wrong, corruption gets replicated out without being scrubbed properly, and ZFS tells you that you have no choice but to destroy the pool, recreate it, and restore from backup.
Yes, btrfs needs fsck.
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#3 2011-12-11 19:09:04
- karol
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Re: Does btrfs need fsck?
AFAIK btrfs needs fsck but it's not ready yet.
Edit: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=129404
Last edited by karol (2011-12-11 19:20:21)
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