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I'm also using Btrfs for my home file server, but Btrfs's current RAID5/6 status leaves a lot to be desired. I'm running Btrfs on top of mdadm right now because
by ThatPlayer 9y ago
I'm also using Btrfs for my home file server, but Btrfs's current RAID5/6 status leaves a lot to be desired. I'm running Btrfs on top of mdadm right now because of that.
- sheepdestroyer 9y agoShould be "mostly" resolved from kernel 4.12 : https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.12-Btrfs-RAID-Mostly-OK https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4....
- pantalaimon 9y agoIt used to be "usable for most purposes" at some point already, before those scary data corruption bugs were discovered. https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php?title=RAID56&diff=30445&oldid=29769 https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php?title=RAID56&diff=30...
- alyandon 9y agoMy last file server used mdadm raid 5 across 4 drives and I just couldn't take the write performance loss anymore so I switched to btrfs raid1(ish) block duplication.