Would BtrFS mix well with BCache? Does anyone recommend it if I want zSTD compression?
Otherwise, what compression options does BCacheFS offer? Is BCacheFS stable enough?
Otherwise, what compression options does BCacheFS offer? Is BCacheFS stable enough?
I've been using bcache (SSD) with btrfs (4TB hard drive) for while, and am in the process of ripping it out. What I found is the filesystem gets wedged if there is a heavy write load (lots of files) such as running debootstrap. This happened with both write-through and write-back. The symptoms are all requests stall and a kernel log message about hung btrfs tasks. Only a reboot (typically needing sysrq keys to complete) works.
The problem did not occur previously when using btrfs without bcache and the same workload. It also doesn't occur during "lighter" workloads.