How to set a non default zstd compression level at btrfs filesystem defragment?
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# btrfs filesystem defragment -r -v -czstd:15 /
ERROR: unknown compression type zstd:15
# btrfs filesystem defragment -r -v -czstd_15 /
ERROR: unknown compression type zstd_15
# btrfs filesystem defragment -r -v -czstd15 /
ERROR: unknown compression type zstd15
The btrfs manual page doesn't give the clue on how to select a compression level:
> **-c[algo]**
>
> compress file contents while defragmenting. Optional argument selects the compression algorithm, zlib (default), lzo or zstd.
> Currently it’s not possible to select no compression. See also section
> EXAMPLES.
How to select a non-default zstd compression level to re-compress existing btrfs filesystems?
--- Note:
--- Note:
btrfs filesystem defragment
on **snapshots** might result in much larger disk space consumption :
> Warning: Defragmenting with Linux kernel versions as well as with Linux stable kernel versions ≥ 3.10.31, ≥ 3.12.12 or ≥
> 3.13.4 **will break up the ref-links of COW data** (for example files copied with cp --reflink, snapshots or de-duplicated data). This may
> cause **considerable increase of space usage** depending on the broken up
> ref-links.
Asked by Pro Backup
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Dec 22, 2017, 11:07 AM
Last activity: Mar 18, 2019, 09:28 AM
Last activity: Mar 18, 2019, 09:28 AM