Re: Testing BTRFS

Josef Bacik
2014-03-11T13:33:51Z

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On 03/10/2014 08:39 PM, Lists wrote:
> I'd like to begin testing BTRFS. We'd probably begin roll out in 6
> months to a year if testing goes well.
>
> We're currently using CentOS6/64 everywhere, are aware of BTRFS
> being a "Technology preview" in RHEL 7beta and would like to begin
> testing production-level load testing. We generate about 10 GB of
> distinct data daily that is stored redundantly by default on a
> combination of ZFS and Ext4.
>
> Is there a "recommended way" to do this? Is it anywhere as easy as
> ZFSonLinux yum install?
>
>

There is way too much churn for any "enterprise" distro to be able to
keep up with bugfixes and stuff. You are best off rolling your own
kernel based on the stable series if you want to think about using
btrfs in production. Thanks,

Josef

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