Re: btrfs, broken design?

[Chester <somethingsome2000@gmail.com>]

Btrfs has its own wiki page at https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org which you
may find more helpful than what is on wikipedia.

2011/1/20 Beno=EEt Thi=E9bault <benoit.thiebault@gmail.com>:
> Thanks for your answer
>
> Le 20 janv. 2011 =E0 22:20, Chris Mason a =E9crit :
>
>> There was a bug fixed as part of that discussion, and I think I also
>> better described the way the tree balancing works to Edward.
>
> Maybe the wikipedia article should be modified then, because it is no=
t very reinsuring :-)
>
>> A final release? =A0We'll keep improving things for a long time. =A0=
The
>> biggest missing feature today is btrfsck, which I'm working on full =
time
>> right now.
>>
>> -chris
>
> Still on the wikipedia page, it's written "Btrfs 1.0 (with finalized =
on-disk format) was originally slated for a late 2008 release,[5] but a=
 stable release has not been made as of January 2011.", which is also v=
ery confusing.
>
> According to you, is the version of btrfs in 2.6.37 ready for product=
ion? I mean, are there still chances that I may loose all my data if I =
use btrfs?
>
> Last question, do you know when the RAID-5 like capabilities will be =
available?
>
> Sorry to ask so many questions, I fully understand you and your team =
are working very hard on the project, but I was very confused by the Wi=
kipedia article.
>
> Kind regards,
>
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