[laumars]

This is exactly my experience as well.

Btrfs is the C++ of file systems: it’s powerful and works for a great many people. But the tooling is intimidating to new comers and unless you know exactly what you’re doing, it’s a ticking time bomb due to the plethora of foot guns and hidden traps.

This is why some people claim to have success with it while a great many other people, rightfully, claim it’s not yet ready for prime time.

ZFS, on the other hand, has not only protected me against failing hardware but it also has sane defaults and easy to use tooling thus protecting me against my own stupidity.