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Re:Btrfs in Linux 6.2 brings performance improvements, bette... by linuxandrew on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @02:13AM (#33965765)
3. Prevent bit-rot w/ software RAID. Running ZFS, btrfs et al. on a single disk can detect bit-rot but not repair it.
Re:Btrfs in Linux 6.2 brings performance improvements, bette... by _kdave on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @12:57PM (#33972860)
By default the metadata profile is 'DUP' (i.e. 2 copies on one device), the same can be done for data but this reduces the usable capacity. On normal HDD or SSD this should not be needed but having both data and metadata DUP/DUP has been useful on raspberry pi with the micro SD card storage. It's not perfect but increases the chances to get the data back if the card is partially damaged due to power spikes.
Re:Btrfs in Linux 6.2 brings performance improvements, bette... by ac29 on Friday December 16, 2022 @12:28PM (#34017403)
I have wondered about this myself - does keeping 2 copies of the same data on a single flash-based drive actually increase reliability? Or is the flash controller going to end up combining the two writes into the same block?