btrfs
WinBtrfs - an open-source btrfs driver for Windows (by maharmstone)
btrfs-progs
Development of userspace BTRFS tools (by kdave)
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
btrfs
Posts with mentions or reviews of btrfs.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-06.
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WinBtrfs – an open-source btrfs driver for Windows
> I'd gladly throw my credit card at it
https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs?tab=readme-ov-file#dona...
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Bug Hunting in Btrfs
Can this be used? I knew ReactOS would use it natively.
https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs
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And so it begins. Im debating on weather to go BTRFS or NTFS.
I loose out on BTRFS snapshotting and subvolumes then. And if you look at winbtrefs it’s more than a hobbiest project. It has quite active development progress constantly https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs
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Software for syncing files between NTFS and Btrfs partitions.
I've installed the WinBtrfs driver on Windows, which supports read/write support for Btrfs partitions.
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Steam Deck dualboot. How to share storage?
Install WinBTRFS so Windows can read the file BTRFS file system.
- Is there ways to backup only modified files to a local drive?
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Best SSD file format to use between fedora and windows
I don’t know if that tool allows to write but this GitHub page https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs seems mature enough. I am still unsure to trust it because I could bork my SSD and files
- How will a micro sd card work on a dual booted steam deck?
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Uh oh. Used WinBtrfs to run a balance check on the partition with the Linux OS on it and now the drive is locked and it's booting into emergency mode
https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs scroll down to mappings and that *should help with sharing things between both OSes.
- For Dual-Boot Steam Deck Users: Share a Single MicroSD card on both SteamOS & Windows 10/11 Guide
btrfs-progs
Posts with mentions or reviews of btrfs-progs.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-31.
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ERROR: parent subvol is not reachable from inside the root subvol
Not an error I've seen before or that makes much sense to me at first glance, might want to take this to https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs/issues or the mailing list?
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Understanding btrfs with uneven disk sizes
You can test it by allocating the space to see if it can use it all: e.g. fallocate -l 3.8t /mnt/elfstone2/butts should succeed. If it does, then it's probably fine even if the balance didn't do what it should have. If not and you run out of space with some unallocated space left on only one device, not so much. If its the same bug I saw that means if your fs was created pre kernel 5.19, it will not allocate correctly on >5.19 until the array is rebuilt under the newer kernel.
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What does the btrfs autodefrag option actually do?
Mount options should be documented either at https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Administration.html or at the manual page section 5 (man 5 btrfs). Autodefrag is in section https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Administration.html#btrfs-specific-mount-options . In case you find more information missing, unclear, lacking cross-references please open an issue at https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs/issues .
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Storage tiering possible with brtfs? Apparently netgear is doing it
thanks. I filled a feature request... https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs/issues/610
- Checksum algorithm
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Sure, btrfs-balance is slow, but this is ridiculous
Resume sort of doesn't work, when you resumed it will have started a fresh balance with a high usage value (check your syslog to confirm).
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Is it normal for btrfs scrub "bytes scrubbed" to exceed 100%?
That's the hint. It's an unfixed bug with the accounting when scrub is paused and resumed, the relevant issue is I think https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs/issues/227 .
- Kernel 6.1 Released, Implements Rust Foundation, Significantly Faster Btrfs, Improved Third-Party Nintendo Gamepad Support
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How to determine amount of free space on a RAID1 array with 3 mismatched disks
[1] - https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs/issues/277
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Is my backup dead, and gone?
Hoping for a filesystem clone option at some point.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing btrfs and btrfs-progs you can also consider the following projects:
SteamNTFS - Using Steam and NTFS more securely
jdupes - A powerful duplicate file finder and an enhanced fork of 'fdupes'.
BorgBackup - Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.
snapraid-btrfs - Script for using snapraid with btrfs snapshots
Ext4Fsd - Ext4 file system driver for Windows
systemd-swap - Script for creating hybrid swap space from zram swaps, swap files and swap partitions.
ntfs-3g - NTFS-3G Safe Read/Write NTFS Driver
steamos-btrfs
Proton - Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components
btrfdeck - This repo will get you from using ext4 on your Steam Deck's microSD card, to btrfs.
ntfs2btrfs
mkosi - 💽 Build Bespoke OS Images