From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:52892 "EHLO plane.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751256Ab2HUTLp (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:11:45 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1T3trc-0005rf-M5 for linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:11:44 +0200 Received: from xpc1.ast.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.68.219]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:11:44 +0200 Received: from jeremy by xpc1.ast.cam.ac.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:11:44 +0200 To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org From: Jeremy Sanders Subject: Re: btrfs and mdadm raid 6 Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:11:34 +0100 Message-ID: References: <8AE790DA-04B5-4407-A5FE-D0AC4560B415@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Curtis Jones wrote: > 1. is btrfs-convert on /dev/md0 > stable/reliable/tested/not-a-stupid-thing-to-do? 2. based on the reading > I've done, resizing btrfs is supported. can you confirm? 3. there aren't > any known compatibility or other issues with running btrfs on top of mdadm > (raid 6) 4. any other caveats I might want to consider? We've been running btrfs on mdadm for a year or so with no problems (it was a fresh file system, though). Jeremy