How stable is BTRFS in PVE 9.2 for boot pool.
So currently running PVE on a single EXT4 SATA SSD in a Dell R630. It was an old SSD pulled from somewhere (can't even remember now where). Its been working alright for almost two years now but I'm thinking that, since I have drive bays to spare, why not migrate to a more redundant setup
I know PVE marks BTRFS as 'Technology Preview' but I know its stable enough at the Kernel level. My VMs andCTs reside on a separate ZFS pool of 4x used enterprise SSDs. But for the boot pool, I was thinking of getting two consumer SSDs (used enterprise ones are 3x - 4x the price of new consumer ones where I live) and since BTRFS is gentler on the consumer SSDs, I thought maybe I'd try using that for the boot pool
Has anyone here used BTRFS as their boot pool for their PVE? How stable it is? Does it break with updates or anything out of the ordinary?
Posted Jun 12, 2026, 11:45 PM UTC