What Are Btrfs Subvolumes? And Why They’re Better Than Traditional Linux Partitions (itsfoss.com)

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[-] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 9 points 3 weeks ago

I like to create partitions with specific max sizes, you can't do that with btrfs subvolumes unfortunately. It is possible to set a quota but that can have a major performance impact with btrfs so it is not really a valid Option.

Thats why I shy away from using btrfs subvolumes.

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