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Revision as of 11:05, 4 November 2017
 Warning: | Btrfs is still a new filesystem. While many (including myself) find it stable enough for everyday use, don't use it for critical services and be prepared to use you backups. See status page on Btrfs wiki for up-to-date info. |
Install
To create and manipulate Btrfs volumes, you will need to install
$ sudo apt install btrfs-progs
Create a filesystem
Single Disk
$ sudo mkfs.btrfs /dev/sdb
Raid 1
$ sudo mkfs.btrfs -mraid1 -draid1 /dev/sdb /dev/sdc
Raid 0
$ sudo mkfs.btrfs -mraid1 -draid0 /dev/sdb /dev/sdc
Subvolumes
To create a subvolume just use the command
$ sudo btrfs subvolume create /<path>
To create a snapshot use
$ sudo btrfs subvolume snapshot /<source-path> /<destination-path>
