Re: [gentoo-user] btrfs and sparse VM image files

2014-05-18 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am 18.05.2014 14:28, schrieb Neil Bothwick: > I'm confused about the desirability of keeping VM image files, > usually space qcow files, on a btrfs volume. I have read the advice > about using chattr +C on the subvolume, but are there any other > gotch

[gentoo-user] btrfs and sparse VM image files

2014-05-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
I'm confused about the desirability of keeping VM image files, usually space qcow files, on a btrfs volume. I have read the advice about using chattr +C on the subvolume, but are there any other gotchas? The btrfs wiki says in one place that using sparse file on btrfs is not a good idea, but is tha