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From: Martin <m_btrfs@ml1.co.uk>
Subject: Re: btrfs across a mix of SSDs & HDDs
Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 01:56:52 +0100
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On 01/05/12 22:16, sam tygier wrote:
> On 01/05/12 20:35, Martin wrote:
> 
>> The idea is to gain the random access speed of the SSDs but have the
>> HDDs as backup in case the SSDs fail due to wear...
> 
> Have you looked at the bcache project http://bcache.evilpiepirate.org/

Many thanks for that. See also the latest on:

http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.bcache.devel

Looks rather interesting, but also too scary to be let loose on real
users until tested beyond staging.


Excellent idea. Full kudos for further development!

Regards,
Martin