Am Sonntag, 28. Oktober 2012 schrieb Goffredo Baroncelli: > On 2012-10-28 12:18, Michael Kjörling wrote: > > On 28 Oct 2012 11:59 +0100, from kreij...@gmail.com (Goffredo Baroncelli): > >> On 2012-10-28 11:38, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > >>> But still if if can be arbitrarily long due to that per object > >>> replication config, a vertical output might and leaving graphical > >>> representation to a Qt Quick application or so might be better. > >> > >> Yes, this is my same feel: For console I prefer a text > >> representation in rows, leaving to a graphical GUI to show the > >> information in columns.. > > > > > > > > So a sysadmin who logs on to a server (which uses btrfs) over plain > > SSH should need to install a good chunk of X11 plus a load of support > > libraries on the server, plus have a X11 server on the machine they > > are connecting from, simply to get a tabular view of the disk space? > > As reported in another email, I like the tabular format. The point is > that it is not usable because the combination of Chunk-type (Data, > Metadata, System) and Profile (DUP, Single, RAID1, RAID10, > RAID0...RAID5/6) doesn't fit in 80 columns width. > Even tough the simple case (Only one profile, Data,Metadata,System > chunk type) could fit, this solution doesn't scale when will be > possible to select different profiles per subvolume basis. > > [...]
The vertical output makes it quite difficult to spot unbalanced drives tough. A simplified output might help: Just show how much is used/unused on each drive. This helps the usecase to spot unbalanced drives, I think. And it can fit in tabular output. I think its good to go from the use cases. What questions may the user have and how to answer them in a clear and concise way? Then for details the vertical output might be a good option. Anyway, I think first go for the summary thing… since I think that is clear. -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
