From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from srv2.trombetti.net ([65.254.53.252]:2220 "EHLO srv2.trombetti.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751036AbbACLmn (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2015 06:42:43 -0500 Message-ID: <54A7D3D1.10508@shiftmail.org> Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 12:34:41 +0100 From: Bob Marley MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "sys.syphus" , linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: I need to P. are we almost there yet? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 29/12/2014 19:56, sys.syphus wrote: > specifically (P)arity. very specifically n+2. when will raid5 & raid6 > be at least as safe to run as raid1 currently is? I don't like the > idea of being 2 bad drives away from total catastrophe. > > (and yes i backup, it just wouldn't be fun to go down that route.) What about using btrfs on top of MD raid?