Alawami@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhy btrfs gets huge perf hit with background IO work?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down10
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minus-squareblitzkrieg@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoHold up. I thought btrfs was better than ext4?
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI’m sure this is a specific workload that BTRFS struggles with that others handle just fine. Other workloads BTRFS will be better, and in others it will be worse. There’s no one size fits all.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoValve decided on Ext4 for Steam Deck and did so probably not just for shits and giggles.
Hold up. I thought btrfs was better than ext4?
I’m sure this is a specific workload that BTRFS struggles with that others handle just fine.
Other workloads BTRFS will be better, and in others it will be worse. There’s no one size fits all.
Valve decided on Ext4 for Steam Deck and did so probably not just for shits and giggles.