Does it make sense in just setting up one mod 29 (32000+ cylinders, app 21G) and let the btrfs use the whole thing instead of breaking it up into smaller pieces (var, opt, home, etc) ?
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 6:10 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: SLES12 / partitioning >>> On 12/17/2014 at 09:41 AM, Mark Pace <pacemainl...@gmail.com> wrote: > With btrfs now the default file system on sles12, is there a new > recommended way to layout DASD devices? > I would think if you had really big 3390 devices that btrfs makes sense. > But still working with mod-9s it doesn't seem like the right fit. > > I'm still putting / on a minidisk and then creating a large LVM and > breaking out home srv tmp usr var opt You need to be aware of how btrfs and subvolumes work so that you don't accidentally prevent automatic snapshots being taken of everything that is needed to do an operating system rollback in the event of a problem. Being able to boot the system from a prior snapshot is a pretty nice feature to have. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
