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The question is not trivial. BTRFS is COW file system and one object stored on hard disk can be referenced by many files.

I use BTRFS snapshots as a part of a backup solution on my production server. This way I have space-efficient, browsable history of a given subvolume (I use a modification of the SnapBtr).

I have several independent btrfs subvolumes for different purposes and a backup scheme for each one. When the free space is running out, I can get the most unneeded backup snapshot from each backup pool based on the smart logarithmic-time-cost algorithm of SnapBtr.

I need a way to weight the amount of data that will be freed after I remove each backup with age of the old snapshot and importance of its backup pool. I am missing the former information.

I understand that the process of calculation of the free space on the BTRFS is neither trivial nor quick. I of some form of callneed something that would simulate the subvolume's deletion to get the size of the would-be freed space.

Can anyone help me? Should I post this message to the [email protected]?

The question is not trivial. BTRFS is COW file system and one object stored on hard disk can be referenced by many files.

I use BTRFS snapshots as a part of a backup solution on my production server. This way I have space-efficient, browsable history of a given subvolume (I use a modification of the SnapBtr).

I have several independent btrfs subvolumes for different purposes and a backup scheme for each one. When the free space is running out, I can get the most unneeded backup snapshot from each backup pool based on the smart logarithmic-time-cost algorithm of SnapBtr.

I need a way to weight the amount of data that will be freed after I remove each backup with age of the old snapshot and importance of its backup pool. I am missing the former information.

I understand that the process of calculation of the free space on the BTRFS is neither trivial nor quick. I of some form of call that would simulate the subvolume's deletion to get the size of the would-be freed space.

Can anyone help me? Should I post this message to the [email protected]?

The question is not trivial. BTRFS is COW file system and one object stored on hard disk can be referenced by many files.

I use BTRFS snapshots as a part of a backup solution on my production server. This way I have space-efficient, browsable history of a given subvolume (I use a modification of the SnapBtr).

I have several independent btrfs subvolumes for different purposes and a backup scheme for each one. When the free space is running out, I can get the most unneeded backup snapshot from each backup pool based on the smart logarithmic-time-cost algorithm of SnapBtr.

I need a way to weight the amount of data that will be freed after I remove each backup with age of the old snapshot and importance of its backup pool. I am missing the former information.

I understand that the process of calculation of the free space on the BTRFS is neither trivial nor quick. I need something that would simulate the subvolume's deletion to get the size of the would-be freed space.

Can anyone help me? Should I post this message to the [email protected]?

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Adam Ryczkowski
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How to check (simulate), how much space will be freed after I remove a btrfs subvolume?

The question is not trivial. BTRFS is COW file system and one object stored on hard disk can be referenced by many files.

I use BTRFS snapshots as a part of a backup solution on my production server. This way I have space-efficient, browsable history of a given subvolume (I use a modification of the SnapBtr).

I have several independent btrfs subvolumes for different purposes and a backup scheme for each one. When the free space is running out, I can get the most unneeded backup snapshot from each backup pool based on the smart logarithmic-time-cost algorithm of SnapBtr.

I need a way to weight the amount of data that will be freed after I remove each backup with age of the old snapshot and importance of its backup pool. I am missing the former information.

I understand that the process of calculation of the free space on the BTRFS is neither trivial nor quick. I of some form of call that would simulate the subvolume's deletion to get the size of the would-be freed space.

Can anyone help me? Should I post this message to the [email protected]?