+1 for the note/warning! > Am 02.09.2016 um 03:59 schrieb Steven Haigh <netwiz@xxxxxxxxx>: > > --7NtBNafxaf8ODulNFrivgmW7Mjs09oWwR > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Is it worthwhile adding a note that RAID5 / RAID6 may very well eat your > data at this stage? > >> On 02/09/16 11:41, Qu Wenruo wrote: >> For RAID5, 2 devices setup is just RAID1 with more overhead. >> For RAID6, 3 devices setup is RAID1 with 3 copies, not what most user >> want. >> =20 >> So warn user at mkfs time for such case, and add explain in man pages. >> =20 >> Signed-off-by: Qu Wenruo <quwenruo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> Documentation/mkfs.btrfs.asciidoc | 15 +++++++++++- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
