On 2016-09-15 11:07, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 01:31:42PM -0400, Austin S. Hemmelgarn wrote:
In general yes in this case, but performance starts to degrade
exponentially
beyond a certain point. The difference between (for example) 10 and
20
snapshots is not as much as between 1000 and 1010. The problem here is
that
we don't really have a BCP document that anyone ever reads. A lot of
stuff
that may seem obvious to us after years of working with BTRFS isn't
going to
be to a newcomer, and it's a lot more likely that some random person
will
get things write if we have a good, central BCP document than if it
stays as
scattered tribal knowledge.
"Scattered tribal knowledge"...exactly! :-D
+1 also.
I haven't been following this closely due to other commitments - but I'm
happy to see the progress on the 'stability matrix' added to the wiki
page.
It may seem trivial to people who live, eat, and breathe BTRFS, but for
others, it saves stress, headaches and data loss.
I can't emphasise enough how important getting this part right is until
some future date where *everything* just works.
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