I’m having trouble understanding all the benefits of BTRFS and how they’ll apply to me.

Copy on Write and auto-compression seem like they will free up a bit of space.

What other practical benefits will I see from using BTRFS? Are there any noticeable performance benefits?

I use my computer to dual-boot. I don’t need snapshots because I have a custom script for a fresh install. I use my PC for gaming and work. I’ve got an NVMe, two SSD’s and one HDD.

Thanks in advance!

  • pressanykeynow@iusearchlinux.fyi
    2·
    11 months ago

    Just for reference

    spoiler

    ~> compsize -x / Processed 699693 files, 766975 regular extents (791577 refs), 360356 inline. Type Perc Disk Usage Uncompressed Referenced
    TOTAL 57% 39G 68G 69G
    none 100% 23G 23G 23G
    zstd 35% 15G 44G 45G
    prealloc 100% 69M 69M 104M
    ~> compsize -x /var/lib/flatpak Processed 340412 files, 115619 regular extents (256345 refs), 209687 inline. Type Perc Disk Usage Uncompressed Referenced
    TOTAL 55% 6.7G 12G 24G
    none 100% 3.6G 3.6G 6.6G
    zstd 36% 3.1G 8.5G 18G
    ~> compsize -x /home/user/.local/share/Steam Processed 219633 files, 1097250 regular extents (1111566 refs), 57457 inline. Type Perc Disk Usage Uncompressed Referenced
    TOTAL 84% 249G 295G 296G
    none 100% 203G 203G 203G
    zstd 50% 46G 91G 92G
    prealloc 100% 36M 36M 36M
    ~> compsize -x /home/user/.local/share/bottles Processed 18582 files, 33406 regular extents (33406 refs), 2366 inline. Type Perc Disk Usage Uncompressed Referenced
    TOTAL 53% 1.8G 3.3G 3.3G
    none 100% 959M 959M 959M
    zstd 36% 907M 2.4G 2.4G

    So it’s 29G(43%) from / + /home, 5.3G(45%) from flatpak packages, 46G(16%) from Steam, 1.5G(47%) from Bottles, ~82G total out of 380G(22%) which is nice