dullbananas (Joseph Silva)@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-223 days agoCan corruption happen by powering off the computer (not properly shutting it down) during balance or scrub of a btrfs volume?message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareCan corruption happen by powering off the computer (not properly shutting it down) during balance or scrub of a btrfs volume?dullbananas (Joseph Silva)@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-223 days agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSavvyWolf@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·23 days agoStorage devices can fail at any time for any reason. Always have a backup. Fwiw, I think BTRFS is better than ext4 and friends at actually detecting whether a block is corrupted or not.
minus-squareDaPorkchop_@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·22 days ago“Better” in the sense that it actually has the ability to check for corruption at all, as all metadata and data are checksummed.
Storage devices can fail at any time for any reason. Always have a backup.
Fwiw, I think BTRFS is better than ext4 and friends at actually detecting whether a block is corrupted or not.
“Better” in the sense that it actually has the ability to check for corruption at all, as all metadata and data are checksummed.