From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hubert Kario Subject: Re: btrfs, broken design? Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:21:30 +0100 Message-ID: <201101210921.30427.hka@qbs.com.pl> References: <06598C10-801F-4969-83F9-9BB3B9149488@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 To: =?iso-8859-1?q?Beno=EEt_Thi=E9bault?= , "linux-btrfs" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <06598C10-801F-4969-83F9-9BB3B9149488@gmail.com> List-ID: 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. =20 > 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 : > >> 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 > >> Ben-- > >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bt= rfs" > >> in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > >=20 > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btr= fs" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >=20 > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs= " in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html --=20 Hubert Kario QBS - Quality Business Software 02-656 Warszawa, ul. Ksawer=F3w 30/85 tel. +48 (22) 646-61-51, 646-74-24 www.qbs.com.pl -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" = in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html