Slow writes with Btrfs + LUKS + NVME SSD

[andreas85]

@Tobiwan

I only read once that Balance should not be executed regularly. I though that this info is outdated

It depends

on the filters you use

A full balance (no filter used) is cost-full
A little balance (filter on <=50%) is no problem

[HowTo] get Space on BTRFS

If you encounter a situation where a Btrfs volume is out of space, There is a way out However, you have to accept that Btrfs is a “strange” filesystem. So if you’re doing things that would help with other filesystems, it might NOT help with btrfs. If you want to know why, check out the wiki Here are a few simple tips: 1. Only use btrfs to meassure the unallocated space on your filesystem: sudo btrfs filesystem usage / 2. Look at “Device unallocated:” If the Unallocated size is less than 10GB…