From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp97.ord1d.emailsrvr.com ([184.106.54.97]:39164 "EHLO smtp97.ord1d.emailsrvr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755465AbeAIOQb (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jan 2018 09:16:31 -0500 From: "Tom Worster" To: "Austin S. Hemmelgarn" Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Recommendations for balancing as part of regular maintenance? Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2018 09:16:18 -0500 Message-ID: <6A139191-C846-41DA-AE60-44115E0C17C6@thefsb.org> In-Reply-To: <33ee8802-df5a-b153-6e24-2b38be597846@gmail.com> References: <33ee8802-df5a-b153-6e24-2b38be597846@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 9 Jan 2018, at 7:23, Austin S. Hemmelgarn wrote: > On 2018-01-08 16:43, Tom Worster wrote: >> >> Given the documentation and the usage stats, I did not know what >> options to use with balance. I spent some time reading and >> researching and trying to understand the filters and how they should >> relate to my situation. Eventually I abandoned that effort and ran >> balance without options. > Hopefully the explanation I gave on the filters in the Github issue > helped some. In this case though, it sounds like running a filtered > balance probably wouldn't have saved you much over a full one. Yes, it helped. Hugo's email helped too. I now have a better understanding of balance filters. At the same time, Hugo's email and others in this thread added to my belief that I'm now managing systems with a filesystem I'm unqualified to use. Tom