From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:60700 "EHLO plane.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757228AbaKTNSL (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Nov 2014 08:18:11 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XrRce-0002Fx-I8 for linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:18:08 +0100 Received: from 195.184.117.138 ([195.184.117.138]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:18:08 +0100 Received: from spam by 195.184.117.138 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:18:08 +0100 To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org From: Bardur Arantsson Subject: Re: btrfs send and an existing backup Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:17:52 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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,