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

2014-05-25 Thread Marc Stürmer
Am 19.05.2014 13:01, schrieb Neil Bothwick: The page you linked to does not actually state that. There are plenty of hints and sideways references but little concrete information about what is safe with the current release - hence my question. Oh it does, just take a look at that section: ---

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

2014-05-20 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am 19.05.2014 13:01, schrieb Neil Bothwick: > On Mon, 19 May 2014 12:07:32 +0200, Marc Stürmer wrote: > >> Just take a look at the official Gotchas Page of BTRFS, which can >> be found here: >> >> https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Gotchas >> >

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

2014-05-19 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:01 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 19 May 2014 12:07:32 +0200, Marc Stürmer wrote: > >> Just take a look at the official Gotchas Page of BTRFS, which can be >> found here: >> >> https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Gotchas >> >> Putting virtual image files on Btrfs

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

2014-05-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 19 May 2014 12:07:32 +0200, Marc Stürmer wrote: > Just take a look at the official Gotchas Page of BTRFS, which can be > found here: > > https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Gotchas > > Putting virtual image files on Btrfs is something that the developers > still do not recommend at

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

2014-05-19 Thread Marc Stürmer
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 gotchas? The btrfs wiki says in one place that using spar

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