From: Marc MERLIN <marc@merlins.org>
To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: brtfs on top of dmcrypt with SSD. No corruption iff write cache off?
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:37:54 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120130003754.GD4380@merlins.org> (raw)
Howdy,
I'm considering using brtfs for my new laptop install.
Encryption is however a requirement, and ecryptfs doesn't quite cut it for
me, so that leaves me with dmcrypt which is what I've been using with
ext3/ext4 for years.
https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/articles/g/o/t/Gotchas.html
still states that
'dm-crypt block devices require write-caching to be turned off on the
underlying HDD'
While the report was for 2.6.33, I'll assume it's still true.
I was considering migrating to a recent 256GB SSD and 3.2.x kernel.
First, I'd like to check if the 'turn off write cache' comment is still
accurate and if it does apply to SSDs too.
Second, I was wondering if anyone is running btrfs over dmcrypt on an SSD
and what the performance is like with write cache turned off (I'm actually
not too sure what the impact is for SSDs considering that writing to flash
can actually be slower than writing to a hard drive).
Thanks,
Marc
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next reply other threads:[~2012-01-30 0:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-30 0:37 Marc MERLIN [this message]
2012-02-01 17:56 ` brtfs on top of dmcrypt with SSD. No corruption iff write cache off? Chris Mason
2012-02-02 3:23 ` Marc MERLIN
2012-02-02 12:42 ` Chris Mason
[not found] ` <20120202152722.GI12429@merlins.org>
2012-02-12 22:32 ` Marc MERLIN
2012-02-12 23:47 ` Milan Broz
2012-02-13 0:14 ` Marc MERLIN
2012-02-15 15:42 ` Calvin Walton
2012-02-15 16:55 ` Marc MERLIN
2012-02-15 16:59 ` Hugo Mills
2012-02-22 10:28 ` Justin Ossevoort
2012-02-22 11:07 ` Hugo Mills
2012-02-16 6:33 ` Chris Samuel
2012-02-18 12:33 ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-02-18 12:39 ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-02-18 12:49 ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-07-18 18:13 ` brtfs on top of dmcrypt with SSD -> Trim or no Trim Marc MERLIN
2012-07-18 20:04 ` Fajar A. Nugraha
2012-07-18 20:37 ` Marc MERLIN
2012-07-18 21:34 ` Clemens Eisserer
2012-07-18 21:48 ` Marc MERLIN
2012-07-18 21:49 ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-07-18 22:04 ` Marc MERLIN
2012-07-19 10:40 ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-07-22 18:58 ` brtfs on top of dmcrypt with SSD -> ssd or nossd + crypt performance? Marc MERLIN
2012-07-22 19:35 ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-07-22 19:43 ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-07-22 20:44 ` Marc MERLIN
2012-07-22 22:41 ` brtfs on top of dmcrypt with SSD -> file access 5x slower than spinning disk Marc MERLIN
2012-07-23 6:42 ` How can btrfs take 23sec to stat 23K files from an SSD? Marc MERLIN
2012-07-24 7:56 ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-07-27 4:40 ` Marc MERLIN
2012-07-27 11:08 ` Chris Mason
2012-07-27 18:42 ` Marc MERLIN
[not found] ` <20120801053042.GG12695@merlins.org>
2012-08-01 6:01 ` Marc MERLIN
2012-08-01 6:08 ` Fajar A. Nugraha
2012-08-01 6:21 ` Marc MERLIN
2012-08-01 21:57 ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-08-02 5:07 ` Marc MERLIN
2012-08-02 11:18 ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-08-02 17:39 ` Marc MERLIN
2012-08-02 20:20 ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-08-02 20:44 ` Marc MERLIN
2012-08-02 21:21 ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-08-02 21:49 ` Marc MERLIN
2012-08-03 18:45 ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-08-16 7:45 ` Marc MERLIN
2012-08-02 11:25 ` Martin Steigerwald
2012-08-01 6:36 ` Chris Samuel
2012-08-01 6:40 ` Marc MERLIN
2012-02-18 16:07 ` brtfs on top of dmcrypt with SSD. No corruption iff write cache off? Marc MERLIN
2012-02-19 0:53 ` Clemens Eisserer
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