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> btrfs is still around only because ZFS can't be mainlined basically ZFS is extremely annoying with the way it does extend and the fact that you can’t mismatc
by StopDisinfo910 1y ago
> btrfs is still around only because ZFS can't be mainlined basically
ZFS is extremely annoying with the way it does extend and the fact that you can’t mismatch drive size. It’s not a panacea. There clearly is space for an improved design.
- nubinetwork 1y agoUnderprivision your disks, then you don't have to worry about those edge cases...
- StopDisinfo910 1y agoIf you need to consider how to buy your drives so you can use a filesystem, that’s a flaw of said filesystem not an edge case. It clearly is an acceptable one for a lot of people but it does leave space for alternative designs.
- estimator7292 1y agoThis is the way it's always been. RAID can't really handle mismatched drives either and you must consider that when purchasing drives. It's not a flaw, it's a consequence of geometry
- StopDisinfo910 1y agoIt’s strange you say that because my btrfs array handles mismatched sizes just fine.
- Elhana 1y agoLet's say you can put a hdd and ssd of different sizes in raid1, but doesnt mean you should.
- cyphar 1y agoThis is being worked on (they call it AnyRaid), the work is being sponsored by HexOS[1]. [1]: https://hexos.com/blog/introducing-zfs-anyraid-sponsored-by-eshtek https://hexos.com/blog/introducing-zfs-anyraid-sponsored-by-...