Re: btrfs, broken design?

[Hubert Kario <hka@qbs.com.pl>]

On Friday 21 of January 2011 09:11:57 Beno=EEt Thi=E9bault wrote:
> Ok, thanks, I will read the project wiki more carefully then :-)
> Beware however that Wikipedia is the first place to look for informat=
ion
> for a lot of people (whether this is a good practice or not) and it
> currently does not provide a very good advertisement to btrfs.

It's still aimed more at experts than even to advanced users, though th=
is will=20
change when btrfsck will become avaiable.
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> Le 21 janv. 2011 =E0 07:46, Chester a =E9crit :
> > Btrfs has its own wiki page at https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org which =
you
> > may find more helpful than what is on wikipedia.
> >=20
> > 2011/1/20 Beno=EEt Thi=E9bault <benoit.thiebault@gmail.com>:
> >> Thanks for your answer
> >>=20
> >> Le 20 janv. 2011 =E0 22:20, Chris Mason a =E9crit :
> >>> There was a bug fixed as part of that discussion, and I think I a=
lso
> >>> better described the way the tree balancing works to Edward.
> >>=20
> >> Maybe the wikipedia article should be modified then, because it is=
 not
> >> very reinsuring :-)
> >>=20
> >>> A final release?  We'll keep improving things for a long time.  T=
he
> >>> biggest missing feature today is btrfsck, which I'm working on fu=
ll
> >>> time right now.
> >>>=20
> >>> -chris
> >>=20
> >> Still on the wikipedia page, it's written "Btrfs 1.0 (with finaliz=
ed
> >> on-disk format) was originally slated for a late 2008 release,[5] =
but a
> >> stable release has not been made as of January 2011.", which is al=
so
> >> very confusing.
> >>=20
> >> According to you, is the version of btrfs in 2.6.37 ready for
> >> production? I mean, are there still chances that I may loose all m=
y
> >> data if I use btrfs?
> >>=20
> >> Last question, do you know when the RAID-5 like capabilities will =
be
> >> available?
> >>=20
> >> Sorry to ask so many questions, I fully understand you and your te=
am are
> >> working very hard on the project, but I was very confused by the
> >> Wikipedia article.
> >>=20
> >> Kind regards,
> >>=20
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