From: Bardur Arantsson <spam@scientician.net>
To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: btrfs send and an existing backup
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:17:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m4kpm0$r52$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <o9rujb-sud.ln1@venus.xundeenergie.ssh22.net>
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,
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-11-20 13:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-19 15:58 btrfs send and an existing backup Jakob Schürz
2014-11-20 12:05 ` Marc Joliet
2014-11-20 13:17 ` Bardur Arantsson [this message]
2014-11-20 14:10 ` Duncan
2014-11-21 12:51 ` Austin S Hemmelgarn
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