From: Andreas Philipp <philipp.andreas@gmail.com>
To: Hugo Mills <hugo@carfax.org.uk>
Cc: linux-btrfs <linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RAID 5/6
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:44:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <508585ED.2010909@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121022160500.GZ25498@carfax.org.uk>
On 10/22/2012 06:05 PM, Hugo Mills wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 10:58:07AM -0500, Michael wrote:
>> Does anyone know when RAID 5/6 are planned to be included in the
>> Kernel?
>
> This is in the FAQ:
>
>
https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ#Can_I_use_RAID.5B56.5D_on_my_Btrfs_filesystem.3F
>
> Short answer: Not yet, probably soon.
>
>> I am starting to buy parts for my next computer and would very
>> much like to use BTRFS because I want a FS that can grow and also
>> recover from undetected read errors - it will be large enough that
>> these are possible. I'm hoping that it will be available for use in
>> the coming months.
>
> You can switch storage types on the fly, so you could at least
> start with RAID-1, and then restripe to RAID-5 (or -6) when it's
> stable enough for you. This assumes that you can manage to use RAID-1
> in the first place and expand later.
If you can live without redundancy at the beginning, you could also
start with RAID-0, and then restripe to RAID-5.
Andreas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-22 17:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-22 15:58 RAID 5/6 Michael
2012-10-22 16:05 ` Hugo Mills
2012-10-22 17:44 ` Andreas Philipp [this message]
2012-10-23 14:02 ` Michael
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