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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 18, 2023
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=> ↺ Tomasz Torcz: Migrated home server to the UEFI boot
I've migrated my home server to boot using UEFI. It means suprising number of things:
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=> ↺ Fedora Magazine: Working with Btrfs – Compression
This article will explore transparent filesystem compression in Btrfs and how it can help with saving storage space. This is part of a series that takes a closer look at Btrfs, the default filesystem for Fedora Workstation, and Fedora Silverblue since Fedora Linux 33.
In case you missed it, here’s the previous article from this series: https://fedoramagazine.org/working-with-btrfs-snapshots
=> ↺ https://fedoramagazine.org/working-with-btrfs-snapshots
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Given the numbers in my output, I decided to use the zstd compression algorithm with compression level 3 on my systems. Depending on your needs, you may want to choose higher compression levels (for example, if your storage devices are comparatively slow). To get an estimate of the achievable read/write speeds, you can divide the source archives size (about 260 MB) by the (de)compression times.
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This article detailed transparent filesystem compression in Btrfs. It is a built-in, comparatively cheap, way to get some extra storage space out of existing hardware without needing modifications.
=> ↺ https://fedoramagazine.org/working-with-btrfs-snapshots
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