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On Mon, 19 May 2014 12:07:32 +0200, Marc Stürmer wrote: |
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> Just take a look at the official Gotchas Page of BTRFS, which can be |
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> found here: |
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> https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Gotchas |
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> Putting virtual image files on Btrfs is something that the developers |
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> still do not recommend at all, and that's with reason! |
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The page you linked to does not actually state that. There are plenty of |
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hints and sideways references but little concrete information about what |
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is safe with the current release - hence my question. |
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> If you really do want to put them up a COW filesystem, you should try |
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> ZFS on Linux instead, otherwise go with XFS or ext4 - in that kind of |
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> order. |
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They are already on ZFS but I am investigating btrfs as an alternative to |
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ZFS. ZFS and ext4 would mean losing the volume management that ZFS and |
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btrfs offer, not to mention forcing a repartition. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Do you steal taglines too? |
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