Linux command ’mkfs.xfs‘ – how to format using XFS and enable ‚reflink‘

Linux command ’mkfs.xfs‘ – will create reference count btrees and therefore will enable the reflink feature. This feature is only available for filesystems created with the (default) -m crc=1 option set when the option -m crc=0 is used, the reference count btree feature is not supported and reflink is disabled

# mkfs.xfs -b size=4096 -m reflink=1,crc=1 /dev/sdb1

Explained in conjunction with Veeam Backup & Replication

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