Re: F18 RC2 btrfs options

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On Thu, 2012-09-13 at 11:04 -0600, Chris Murphy wrote:
> >> 5. Error detection (parity). [snip]
> 
> > We're not allowing explicit selection of metadata profile. We'll
> > probably do something similar to what you have above. As of now, we're
> > not passing any -m option to mkfs.btrfs.
> 
> OK so what is this Error detection option supposed to do?

Error detection (parity) enables a parity disk AKA RAID4.

Distributed is really a modifier for the above and enables distributed
parity AKA RAID5.

Redundant is another modifier that enables redundant distributed parity
AKA RAID6.

Yes, the UI will prevent you from selecting invalid combinations.


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