Re: Ability to free space on a full btrfs filesystem

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On Aug 26, 2013, at 3:43 PM, Matthieu Dalstein <matthieu.dalstein@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks for the tip. I would have expected another less intrusive recovery but this one worked well. I did not fully rebalance the fs (could have lasted days!) but with the d/m usage balance parameters I managed to get back to a good state.
> 
> I guess this means I should find ways to avoid full fs unless there is a plan to recover gracefully from such situations.

The FAQ describes doing a partial balance to fix this problem as a first step. I think it's a good first step for this problem, rather than full balance, or adding a device. Next step would be add a device and see if a partial balance works, then delete that device and carry on (with normal usage or resuming a full balance).

In my few cases I didn't try partial balances, rather full ones and they almost immediately failed which is how I decided to add a USB flash stick to the volume.


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