Re: Btrfs questions

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On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 12:02:02PM -0800, Cirillo Costantino wrote:
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> 
> i am looking at using btrfs for a new project and i have a few questions:
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>     * i have heard that as it currently stands Btrfs has some issues to be used as a Lustre file system; is he aware of the issues and any plans to address these and integrate Btrfs in to Lustre

   I don't recall seeing any Lustre-specific issues being reported
here. Do you have any links to bug reports with this configuration?

>     * any plans to support native clustering on Btrfs

   No: https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ#Will_Btrfs_become_a_clustered_file_system

>     * on ZFS the ZIL is a separate device, any plans to implement a the B-Tree log on a separate device?

   Not that I'm aware of, but it may come out of the work below.

>     * any plans to allow to have a file system metadata be placed on a separate device

https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Project_ideas#Device_IO_Priorities

   ... but it's not being worked on right now.

   Hugo.

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