Tag: btrfs

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• BLAKE3 vs BLAKE2 for btrfs

  July 26th 2026 (week 30 of 2026)

  A comparison (from 2020) of BLAKE2 and BLAKE3 as btrfs' checksum algorithms.

• Choosing a hash function for 2030 and beyond: SHA-2 vs SHA-3 vs BLAKE3

  July 5th 2026 (week 27 of 2026)

  An interesting blog post about SHA-256, SHA-512, and BLAKE3.

• Disk usage calculators for btrfs RAID

  April 27th 2026 (week 18 of 2026)

  So you want to create or expand your btrfs RAID filesystem, but have no idea how much space you will have (or want to check your math)? Here's a couple of links to help you.

• Adding a device to btrfs RAID1

  April 26th 2026 (week 17 of 2026)

  Adding a new device to a expand space on nearly-full btrfs filesystem in RAID1 configuration is easy. Rebalancing the filesystem to make use of the extra space is less so.

• run0 devoured my disk!

  December 13th 2025 (week 50 of 2025)

  How I got slapped with a "No space left on device" when trying to run with elevated privileges, and what I did about it.

• btrfs

  August 31st 2025 (week 35 of 2025)

  I recently changed the way I use my disks, and this involved doing things with btrfs.