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From:   Ian Kelling <iank@fsf.org>
To:     Patrik Lundquist <patrik.lundquist@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: balance stuck in loop on linux 6.1.7
Date:   Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:48:13 -0500
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Patrik Lundquist <patrik.lundquist@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 at 02:48, Ian Kelling <iank@fsf.org> wrote:
>>
>> If I restart the balance, it will take about 2.8 days to get back to the
>> stuck 11% point. The balance is still running, but I'm going to cancel
>> it morning unless I hear from the list that there is some use to letting
>> it run since it is wearing out the mechanical drives.
>
> You can pause it instead of cancelling it.

I ran btrfs balance pause but the command is taking a very long time. My
ssh session died about half an hour after the command started for
unrelated reasons, but I see the command still running 5 hours after it
started. Is that normal?

Balance status says:

Balance on '/mnt/i' is running, pause requested