From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (unknown [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D63A1381FA for ; Tue, 20 May 2014 07:46:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B2DD5E0B12; Tue, 20 May 2014 07:46:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from postler.lichtfels.com (postler.lichtfels.com [78.46.92.195]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 75611E0AEB for ; Tue, 20 May 2014 07:46:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by postler.lichtfels.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B298C13042 for ; Tue, 20 May 2014 09:46:48 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=xunil.at; s=mailout; t=1400572008; bh=uSh4x+rEmyEMyaAwjpZD6qy/jzaKJJWV76MqkffI5ks=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=XmDOKzr/fYkNnK9wLVrxwknCalWyyuaXtama5qFmEM/FntZwkg2ysX9LpR8/FIivg hDrIgJawbpOK2hNqQyCy4HNWEzPrzWhtCpQc0LcDr7rFi+8MEnOmQV4DFkTu0VRTgt Tbet0JBBsvuFJM8nG6WZmxQ6RLZ7wwhC93xoaMec= Received: from postler.lichtfels.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (postler.lichtfels.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with LMTP id 22366-03 for ; Tue, 20 May 2014 09:46:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hiro.oops.intern (unknown [IPv6:2001:15c0:65ff:8742:4092:6e43:a8c1:32d7]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by postler.lichtfels.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8A28713040 for ; Tue, 20 May 2014 09:46:46 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=xunil.at; s=mailout; t=1400572006; bh=uSh4x+rEmyEMyaAwjpZD6qy/jzaKJJWV76MqkffI5ks=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=06fdAUGD6L/1iFmp9jm4CH0cx2TKaINaY2DJZ+D/SD7C0VkOkNerCNQdI8nmvROKu gZ4sK7w66X/huHiOazQIggv4Dt8ROnxLHzWzJrAiHwTTWBgXxIOGTs5PODK7xiEGPQ UW5n1HP3++IQ28KibgP0hjOaDrzFqkU4oJCCfFZQ= Message-ID: <537B0865.5090305@xunil.at> Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 09:46:45 +0200 From: "Stefan G. Weichinger" Organization: oops! User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] btrfs and sparse VM image files References: <20140518132853.18e0a5b0@digimed.co.uk> <5379D7E4.209@marc-stuermer.de> <20140519120143.685f8066@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20140519120143.685f8066@hactar.digimed.co.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.2c X-Archives-Salt: b9655f9b-9e30-42fd-9d06-3c6b85833338 X-Archives-Hash: 518db401ff34ba85fba6fa555cb80a24 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Am 19.05.2014 13:01, schrieb Neil Bothwick: > On Mon, 19 May 2014 12:07:32 +0200, Marc Stürmer wrote: > >> Just take a look at the official Gotchas Page of BTRFS, which can >> be found here: >> >> https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Gotchas >> >> Putting virtual image files on Btrfs is something that the >> developers still do not recommend at all, and that's with >> reason! > > The page you linked to does not actually state that. There are > plenty of hints and sideways references but little concrete > information about what is safe with the current release - hence my > question. I have a nice testbox here now ... a server for a customer which I won't deliver soon so I will have that one here for some weeks. I will play around with qemu/kvm-vms in various configs ... and see what happens. Stefan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTewhlAAoJEClcuD1V0PzmQFUP/AzzW5ilQpK+RvWsikTWvyX7 LxGQQ9dTnCYNzXzLsf9drPDMAgQiIppJ/T3INRrsqCfCgpiIdOIx5YEMCW4at61m BbeXtUR6RazAcgI+2hOqbnkZFCVyOwG3Od2+C87y1NWc4+EId2ryNpo+eOlqC7Zr xlyqs2gE7HclVC29NQx2ntw19y9JMJD/Ac0I7oL5lKZt45bywBHzlcXplmuSDhba xuJuNT6ei+ip3A2+bYrGvfQ5/Yd0TiGUtbpjkAWPR1WXGdszqhvpG73aGlpj9aff gU6phiZc0vLjtGuM5peDSbNoT5OGpQJdhUTU+DbEpCdq1yh19h03Xa8YUibSFUT/ IZaB4UyjIr8Y/6SKF1krcLIrCi+1vvgRw2D2JscgLw/5uQ5sPX3LUay4gFxtWafq IHLbFvvjtrra847nGnNOKf9iUbbSv96lUXmvqJx+2sxr2ESsHqHpTFwAYWtRKz41 2A2cufUC6Zx7G/mNsE1teajovCP48EewlF3UKFo0Tqc68iuLMdQ4RJ4wVX5J12sk Ma0K/Y28/qezTO9GrJYzo4UoFxzE5md9foV0xqS34PMNtiw8aYNK3pC83AOE9KBu +daOIH6EY7HWx/C8S7jzeQZu8pWKOGf2rIT65Xt1Ij1w7vBXgD/4B5DeUkacAnz4 P/2sbXDzqrZr8PO32AOW =+l8k -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----