From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED59A1381F3 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 23:07:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CE96BE096D; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 23:07:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.194]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A3C87E085B for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 23:06:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus0) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MKY1P-1V1gfv3qQ3-00228b; Fri, 19 Jul 2013 19:06:58 -0400 Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:06:56 -0500 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] SSD partitioning and migration Message-ID: <20130719230656.GV3387@server> References: <20130718182232.5c1301ce@acme7.acmenet> <51E8E30E.20906@gmail.com> <20130719114234.332ff09e@acme7.acmenet> <51E96CBB.4080300@gmail.com> <51E9BDC1.1040705@iinet.net.au> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51E9BDC1.1040705@iinet.net.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:rI9JYf5T6TKf1eVev0yHcb+5gQBuWgj07+lKn9/sI1Z +yScpvekSWmer7SrR9EIMZmxo4cMRc6CcqLxJzwsEMPmUi3NJW DLdeR1cSCY31OMXyUAl4KlZ2/lL7Tth8oFuBkl6LbBD9m8p/W7 NFeEnvV/ThGNuqgpePbsLDYnePqtTeRGyG6e6yo4l7pg5WXnbJ /1FsN7X0Wuq8fnZmiagcCjc1fWXWJDTsa+CyDQ1jlPy3PcTxRt fgu/QWRvhPhnu/oyckMx5S0BwBCpL/n9j6ViKKSxSLGmKgBc8p nJnPoCi3nKvCDRU4Na8rUuZzAL8Cu850yktYI2Ybt+NQCny/95 uO0pF2GRzQmx3WxsvK4A= X-Archives-Salt: 996165ec-71ad-4b1c-9c30-d3022ad3bc89 X-Archives-Hash: ccce4ca8a7849818f49b7bb0af872188 On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 06:29:21AM +0800, William Kenworthy wrote: > > One "odd" condition I ran into twice with the ssd + btrfs were > filesystems about half full but cant write to because the filesystem was > full! > > After messy crashes it seemed like btrfs would "lose" some > files/sectors/whatever and the only way I could recover was an erase > cycle (IBM 520 series). It wasnt sub-volumes or other wrinkles as far > as I could see, just that btrfs/trim and the underlying disk didn't > agree and I couldn't figure out why ... > > For "my" use case, having good backups (regularly tested by actually > needing to use them :) have been an integral part of my ssd > "experiences" :) On the other side, the apple laptop with ssd + btrfs > on root has been problem free. > > BillK Everyone I know who uses BTRFS tells me they MUST keep backups, because of such as that. It seems it's just not yet ready for prime time. I used EXT4 in the past, and now XFS, and never had any data loss. Just my 2c and experience. -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting