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From: Ramon Hofer <ramonhofer@bluewin.ch>
Subject: Re: "bitmap" line in /proc/mdstat
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 16:23:32 +0200
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Thanks for the advice, Andreas.

On 14/10/16 16:10, Andreas Klauer wrote:
> The main issue is performance impact... it's a tradeoff for additional
> bitmap updates each write, or long resync time after a power loss or
> similar event.
>
> If performance is not critical (e.g. it's a NAS, not a database)
> then you can enable it without worries.

Yes, it is some sort of NAS.
I also have a database for ownCloud on it but I am the only user.
And I use an USV for that machine so I am also not really concerned 
about power loss.

Best probably to roll a dice :-)


Regards,
Ramon