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Btrfs is a modern copy on write (CoW) filesystem for Linux aimed at implementing advanced features while also focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy administration. Jointly developed at [[Contributors|multiple companies]], Btrfs is licensed under the GPL and open for contribution from anyone.
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Not too many companies have said that they are using Btrfs in production, but we welcome those who can say so on the [[Production_Users|production users]] page.
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[[File:Btrfs_logo_small.png|200px|left|btrfs]]
  
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== Stability status ==
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'''btrfs''' is a modern copy on write (CoW) filesystem for Linux aimed at implementing advanced features while also focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy administration. Its main features and benefits are:
  
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'''For feature status and stability, please refer to the [[Status]] page.''' The filesystem [[On-disk_Format|disk format]] is stable; this means that it is not expected to change unless there are very strong reasons to do so. If there is a format change, filesystems which implement the previous disk format will continue to be mountable and usable by newer kernels.
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* '''Snapshots''' which do not make the full copy of files
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* '''RAID''' - support for software-based RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10
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* '''Self-healing''' - checksums for data and metadata, automatic detection of silent data corruptions
  
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The Btrfs code base is under heavy development. Not only is every effort being made to ensure that it remains stable and fast but to make it more so with each and every commit. This rapid pace of development means that the filesystem improves ''noticeably'' with every new Linux release so it's ''highly'' recommended that users run the most modern kernel possible.
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Development of Btrfs started in 2007. Since that time, Btrfs is a part of the Linux kernel and is under active development.
  
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For benchmarks, it's recommended to test the latest stable Linux version, and not any older, as well as the latest Linux development versions. Also, it's recommended to test the various [[Manpage/btrfs(5)#MOUNT_OPTIONS|mount options]] such as different compression options.
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Jointly developed at [[Contributors|multiple companies]], Btrfs is licensed under the GPL and open for contribution from anyone.
  
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As with all software, newly added features may need a few releases to stabilize.
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[[Production_Users|List of companies using btrfs in production]].
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== Development and Issue Reporting ==
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'''For feature status, please refer to the [[Status]] page.'''
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The Btrfs code base is stable. However, new features are still under development. Every effort is made to ensure that it remains stable and fast at each and every commit. This rapid pace of development means that the filesystem improves ''noticeably'' with every new Linux release so it's ''highly'' recommended that users run the most modern kernel possible.
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For benchmarks, it's recommended to test the latest stable Linux version, and not any older, as well as the latest Linux development versions. Also, it's recommended to test the various [[Manpage/btrfs(5)#MOUNT_OPTIONS|mount options]] such as different [[compression]] options.
  
 
If you find any behavior you suspect to be caused by a bug, performance issues, or have any questions about using Btrfs, please email the [[Btrfs mailing list]] (no subscription required). Please report bugs on [[Problem_FAQ#How_do_I_report_bugs_and_issues.3F|Bugzilla]].
 
If you find any behavior you suspect to be caused by a bug, performance issues, or have any questions about using Btrfs, please email the [[Btrfs mailing list]] (no subscription required). Please report bugs on [[Problem_FAQ#How_do_I_report_bugs_and_issues.3F|Bugzilla]].
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== Features ==
 
== Features ==
  
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* Swapfile support
 
* Swapfile support
 
* [[Tree-checker]], post-read and pre-write metadata verification
 
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* [[Zoned]] mode support (SMR/ZBC/ZNS friendly allocation)
  
 
=== Features by kernel version ===
 
=== Features by kernel version ===
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=== Features Currently in Development or Planned for Future Implementation ===
 
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* DAX/persistent memory support
 
* DAX/persistent memory support
 
* The file/directory -level encryption support (fscrypt)
 
* The file/directory -level encryption support (fscrypt)
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''' linux v5.10 (Dec 2020) '''
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* hilights
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** performance improvements in fsync (dbench workload: higher throughput, lower latency)
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** sysfs exports current exclusive operataion (balance, resize, device add/del/...)
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** sysfs exports supported send stream version
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* core
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** direct io uses iomap infrastructure (no more ''struct buffer_head'')
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** space reservations for data now use ticket infrastructure
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** cleanups, refactoring, preparatory work
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** error handling improvements
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''' btrfs-progs v5.9 (Oct 2020) '''
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''' linux v5.9 (Oct 2020) '''
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* hilights
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** add mount option ''rescue'' to unify options for various recovery tasks on a mounted filesystems
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** mount option ''inode_cache'' is deprecated and will be removed in 5.11
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** removed deprecated options ''alloc_start'' and ''subvolrootid''
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** sysfs exports information about qgroups and relations
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** FS_INFO ioctl exports more information from the filesystem (notably type of checksum)
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** running balance detects Ctrl-C too
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== Changelog ==
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== Documentation ==
 
== Documentation ==
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* [http://www.funtoo.org/BTRFS_Fun BTRFS Fun Wiki page] on the [http://www.funtoo.org/ Funtoo Wiki]
 
* [http://www.funtoo.org/BTRFS_Fun BTRFS Fun Wiki page] on the [http://www.funtoo.org/ Funtoo Wiki]
 
* [http://marc.merlins.org/perso/btrfs/post_2014-05-21_My-Btrfs-Talk-at-Linuxcon-JP-2014.html Marc MERLIN's Btrfs talk at Linuxcon JP 2014] which gives an overview of Btrfs, best practices, and its more interesting features.
 
* [http://marc.merlins.org/perso/btrfs/post_2014-05-21_My-Btrfs-Talk-at-Linuxcon-JP-2014.html Marc MERLIN's Btrfs talk at Linuxcon JP 2014] which gives an overview of Btrfs, best practices, and its more interesting features.
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=== Project information/Contact ===
 
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* [[Changelog]] — history of changes in linux kernel wrt btrfs
 
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** [[Changelog#By_feature | features added by release]]
 
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* [[Contributors#Statistics_for_5.x_series|Development statistics]] — contributors, commits, lines
 
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* Contact information:
 
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** [[Btrfs mailing list]]
 
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat IRC] on freenode.net in the channel [irc://irc.freenode.net:6667/btrfs #btrfs]
 
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** Reporting bugs:
 
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*** for kernel code see [[Problem_FAQ#How_do_I_report_bugs_and_issues.3F | the Bugzilla FAQ]], quick tip: use product ''File System'' and component ''btrfs''.
 
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*** for btrfs-progs it's either bugzilla or [https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs/issues/ github issues]
 
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*** for read-only documentation exported on wiki eg. manual pages as [https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs/issues/ github issues]
 
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* [[Project ideas]]
 
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* [[Project_ideas#Cleanup_projects|Cleanup ideas]]
 
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=== Manual pages ===
 
=== Manual pages ===
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=== Developer documentation ===
 
=== Developer documentation ===
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* [[Development setup]] - how to build btrfs from sources and prepare a development environment
  
 
* [https://github.com/btrfs/btrfs-dev-docs Developer documentation on Github] - collection of documents describing internals of BTRFS
 
* [https://github.com/btrfs/btrfs-dev-docs Developer documentation on Github] - collection of documents describing internals of BTRFS
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* [[Code documentation]] — trees, source files, sample code for manipulating trees
 
* [[Code documentation]] — trees, source files, sample code for manipulating trees
 
* [[Data Structures]] — detailed on-disk data structures
 
* [[Data Structures]] — detailed on-disk data structures
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* [[On-disk_Format | On-disk Format]] - Details of data structures written on disk
 
* [[Trees]] — detailed in-tree representation of files and directories
 
* [[Trees]] — detailed in-tree representation of files and directories
  
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** In-band (write) time deduplication
 
** In-band (write) time deduplication
 
*** [[User notes on dedupe]] — User/tester notes for using in-band deduplication feature
 
*** [[User notes on dedupe]] — User/tester notes for using in-band deduplication feature
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''' btrfs-progs v5.12.1 (May 2021) '''
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* mkfs: check for minimal number of zones
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* check: fix warning about cache generation when free space tree is enabled
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* fix superblock write in zoned mode on 16K pages
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''' btrfs-progs v5.12 (May 2021) '''
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''' linux v5.12 (Apr 2021) '''
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* features
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** [[Zoned|zoned mode]] (SMR/ZBC/ZNS friendly allocation mode), first working version with limitations
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* misc performance improvements
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** flushing and ticket space reservations
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** preemptive background flushing
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** less lock contention for delayed refs
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** dbench-like workload (+7% throughput, -20% latency)
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* core changes:
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== Source code download ==
  
 
[[Btrfs source repositories]] describes purpose and contents, here are a few quick links:
 
[[Btrfs source repositories]] describes purpose and contents, here are a few quick links:
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* repository for kernel pull requests: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux.git ([https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux.git gitweb])
 
* repository for kernel pull requests: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux.git ([https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux.git gitweb])
 
* kernel development repository: git://github.com/kdave/btrfs-devel.git ([https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-devel.git web access])
 
* kernel development repository: git://github.com/kdave/btrfs-devel.git ([https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-devel.git web access])
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* kernel development repository (mirror): git://gitlabs.com/kdave/btrfs-devel.git ([https://gitlab.com/kdave/btrfs-devel.git web access])
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* kernel development repository (mirror): git://gitlab.com/kdave/btrfs-devel.git ([https://gitlab.com/kdave/btrfs-devel.git web access])
 
* btrfs-progs development and release repository: git://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs.git ([https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs.git web access])
 
* btrfs-progs development and release repository: git://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs.git ([https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs.git web access])
 
* released tarballs of btrfs-progs: https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/kdave/btrfs-progs/
 
* released tarballs of btrfs-progs: https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/kdave/btrfs-progs/
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== Articles, presentations, podcasts ==
 
== Articles, presentations, podcasts ==
 
* '''Video:''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7gXR2L05IU Deploying Btrfs at Facebook Scale] by Josef Bacik at the Open Source Summit 2020 (2020-06-29)
 
* '''Video:''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7gXR2L05IU Deploying Btrfs at Facebook Scale] by Josef Bacik at the Open Source Summit 2020 (2020-06-29)
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* '''Technical report:''' [http://domino.watson.ibm.com/library/cyberdig.nsf/1e4115aea78b6e7c85256b360066f0d4/9e29fdded06e5de785257c1d005e7e9e!OpenDocument Visualizating Block IO Workloads]. Section six shows a visual comparison of the IO patterns for BTRFS, XFS, and EXT4. Submitted to ACM Transactions on Storage, November 2013.
 
* '''Technical report:''' [http://domino.watson.ibm.com/library/cyberdig.nsf/1e4115aea78b6e7c85256b360066f0d4/9e29fdded06e5de785257c1d005e7e9e!OpenDocument Visualizating Block IO Workloads]. Section six shows a visual comparison of the IO patterns for BTRFS, XFS, and EXT4. Submitted to ACM Transactions on Storage, November 2013.
 
* '''Paper:''' [http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2501623 BTRFS: The Linux B-Tree Filesystem] describing the overall concepts and architecture, appeared in ACM Transactions on Storage, August 2013. Includes a detailed comparison with ZFS. There is a free ACM authorized link, from O. Rodeh's [https://sites.google.com/site/ohadrodehshomepage/research] page. Otherwise, try [http://domino.research.ibm.com/library/cyberdig.nsf/papers/6E1C5B6A1B6EDD9885257A38006B6130/$File/rj10501.pdf IBM Research link]
 
* '''Paper:''' [http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2501623 BTRFS: The Linux B-Tree Filesystem] describing the overall concepts and architecture, appeared in ACM Transactions on Storage, August 2013. Includes a detailed comparison with ZFS. There is a free ACM authorized link, from O. Rodeh's [https://sites.google.com/site/ohadrodehshomepage/research] page. Otherwise, try [http://domino.research.ibm.com/library/cyberdig.nsf/papers/6E1C5B6A1B6EDD9885257A38006B6130/$File/rj10501.pdf IBM Research link]
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== Historical resources ==
  
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* '''Webcast:''' [https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=registration.jsp&eventid=233161&sessionid=1&key=D0B1D3285FA444C5745C344A1C859CE0&partnerref=banner&sourcepage=register State of "Btrfs" File System for Linux by Chris Mason] (2010-08-26) [email registration and flash required]
 
* '''Webcast:''' [https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=registration.jsp&eventid=233161&sessionid=1&key=D0B1D3285FA444C5745C344A1C859CE0&partnerref=banner&sourcepage=register State of "Btrfs" File System for Linux by Chris Mason] (2010-08-26) [email registration and flash required]
 
* '''Article:''' [http://lwn.net/Articles/342892/ Valerie Aurora: A short history of btrfs] (2009-07-22)
 
* '''Article:''' [http://lwn.net/Articles/342892/ Valerie Aurora: A short history of btrfs] (2009-07-22)
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== Project information/Contact ==
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* [[Changelog]] — history of changes in linux kernel wrt btrfs
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat IRC] on freenode.net in the channel [irc://irc.freenode.net:6667/btrfs #btrfs]
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*** for btrfs-progs it's either bugzilla or [https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs/issues/ github issues]
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* [[Project ideas]]
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Latest revision as of 14:16, 13 May 2021

btrfs

btrfs is a modern copy on write (CoW) filesystem for Linux aimed at implementing advanced features while also focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy administration. Its main features and benefits are:

  • Snapshots which do not make the full copy of files
  • RAID - support for software-based RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10
  • Self-healing - checksums for data and metadata, automatic detection of silent data corruptions

Development of Btrfs started in 2007. Since that time, Btrfs is a part of the Linux kernel and is under active development.

Jointly developed at multiple companies, Btrfs is licensed under the GPL and open for contribution from anyone.

List of companies using btrfs in production.

[edit] Development and Issue Reporting

For feature status, please refer to the Status page.

The Btrfs code base is stable. However, new features are still under development. Every effort is made to ensure that it remains stable and fast at each and every commit. This rapid pace of development means that the filesystem improves noticeably with every new Linux release so it's highly recommended that users run the most modern kernel possible.

For benchmarks, it's recommended to test the latest stable Linux version, and not any older, as well as the latest Linux development versions. Also, it's recommended to test the various mount options such as different compression options.

If you find any behavior you suspect to be caused by a bug, performance issues, or have any questions about using Btrfs, please email the Btrfs mailing list (no subscription required). Please report bugs on Bugzilla.

[edit] Features

Linux has a wealth of filesystems from which to choose, but we are facing a number of challenges with scaling to the large storage subsystems that are becoming common in today's data centers. Filesystems need to scale in their ability to address and manage large storage, and also in their ability to detect, repair and tolerate errors in the data stored on disk.

[edit] Major Features Currently Implemented

  • Extent based file storage
  • 2^64 byte == 16 EiB maximum file size (practical limit is 8 EiB due to Linux VFS)
  • Space-efficient packing of small files
  • Space-efficient indexed directories
  • Dynamic inode allocation
  • Writable snapshots, read-only snapshots
  • Subvolumes (separate internal filesystem roots)
  • Checksums on data and metadata (crc32c, xxhash, sha256, blake2b)
  • Compression (ZLIB, LZO, ZSTD), heuristics
  • Integrated multiple device support
    • File Striping
    • File Mirroring
    • File Striping+Mirroring
    • Single and Dual Parity implementations (experimental, not production-ready)
  • SSD (flash storage) awareness (TRIM/Discard for reporting free blocks for reuse) and optimizations (e.g. avoiding unnecessary seek optimizations, sending writes in clusters, even if they are from unrelated files. This results in larger write operations and faster write throughput)
  • Efficient incremental backup
  • Background scrub process for finding and repairing errors of files with redundant copies
  • Online filesystem defragmentation
  • Offline filesystem check
  • In-place conversion of existing ext2/3/4 and reiserfs file systems
  • Seed devices. Create a (readonly) filesystem that acts as a template to seed other Btrfs filesystems. The original filesystem and devices are included as a readonly starting point for the new filesystem. Using copy on write, all modifications are stored on different devices; the original is unchanged.
  • Subvolume-aware quota support
  • Send/receive of subvolume changes
    • Efficient incremental filesystem mirroring
  • Batch, or out-of-band deduplication (happens after writes, not during)
  • Swapfile support
  • Tree-checker, post-read and pre-write metadata verification
  • Zoned mode support (SMR/ZBC/ZNS friendly allocation)

[edit] Features by kernel version

As part of the changelog you can also review

[edit] Features Currently in Development or Planned for Future Implementation

  • DAX/persistent memory support
  • The file/directory -level encryption support (fscrypt)
  • fsverity integration

[edit] Documentation

[edit] Guides and usage information

[edit] External Btrfs Documentation / Guides

Links to Btrfs documentation of various Linux distributions:

[edit] Manual pages

  • Original wiki documentation (obsolete, will be removed)

[edit] Developer documentation

  • Development setup - how to build btrfs from sources and prepare a development environment
  • Original COW B-tree: Source code in C that implements the COW B-tree algorithms repository. Written by Ohad Rodeh at IBM Research in 2006, and released under a BSD license. This is a reference implementation, that works in user space.
  • Unmerged features
    • In-band (write) time deduplication

[edit] News

btrfs-progs v5.12.1 (May 2021)

  • build: fix missing symbols in libbtrfs
  • mkfs: check for minimal number of zones
  • check: fix warning about cache generation when free space tree is enabled
  • fix superblock write in zoned mode on 16K pages


btrfs-progs v5.12 (May 2021)


linux v5.12 (Apr 2021)

  • features
    • zoned mode (SMR/ZBC/ZNS friendly allocation mode), first working version with limitations
  • misc performance improvements
    • flushing and ticket space reservations
    • preemptive background flushing
    • less lock contention for delayed refs
    • dbench-like workload (+7% throughput, -20% latency)
  • core changes:
    • subpage block size support peparations
  • fixes
    • swapfile fixes (vs scrub, activation vs snapshot creation)

[edit] Source code download

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[edit] Historical resources

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The registration requires full name for account but it's not mandatory from our perspective. The wiki User and User talk pages are created automatically but removed after account is approved. If you want to use the pages, create them manually, they won't be deleted.

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