Felix Miata wrote: > Anders Andersson composed on 2019-04-13 17:31 (UTC+0200): > >> Felix Miata wrote: > >>> Because of its snapshotting, BTRFS requires considerably more space than >>> older filesystems, as much as double. > >> A btrfs snapshot takes approximately zero space. Where did you get >> this idea from? > > (not an exhaustive list) > > 1: "Disk Space Full Because of Snapper" on > https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:BTRFS > > 2: Since 2015, BTRFS has been the default / filesystem on openSUSE, which > recommends minimum / filesystem size of 20GB for EXT4, compared to 40GB > for BTRFS. > > 3: Much more common / filesystem freespace exhausted threads on mailing > lists and web forums from BTRFS users compared to EXT4 users, with the > usual recommendation to delete one or more snapshots to free space. > > 4: > https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ#Help.21_I_ran_out_of_disk_space.21 > > 5: > https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ#Why_is_free_space_so_complicated.3F > > 6: > https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-containers-122/docker-on-btrfs-using-much-space-in-var-lib-docker-btrfs-4175622037/#post5811463
This time I like you :) and agree with you fully. ext4 or xfs - these are most convenient, although also zfs might be an option if one can manage it regards
