Re: Scheduling btrfs scrub on desktop systems

2013-04-03 Thread Steven Post
On Tue, 2013-04-02 at 07:30 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Tue, Apr 02, 2013 at 12:12:10PM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 05:25:48PM +0200, Steven Post wrote: > > > But what if the system is powered down during a scrub? Will it continue > > > when it boots up again? > > >

Re: Scheduling btrfs scrub on desktop systems

2013-04-02 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Apr 02, 2013 at 12:12:10PM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 05:25:48PM +0200, Steven Post wrote: > > But what if the system is powered down during a scrub? Will it continue > > when it boots up again? > > All assuming the scrub is started with 'btrfs scrub start -B '

Re: Scheduling btrfs scrub on desktop systems

2013-04-02 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 05:25:48PM +0200, Steven Post wrote: > But what if the system is powered down during a scrub? Will it continue > when it boots up again? > All assuming the scrub is started with 'btrfs scrub start -B '. Why not start a scrub on reboot via @reboot in cron, too. Or would you

Re: Scheduling btrfs scrub on desktop systems

2013-04-01 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 05:25:48PM +0200, Steven Post wrote: > On Tue, 2013-04-02 at 01:12 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 11:46:59AM +0200, Steven Post wrote: > > > Hello list, > > > > > > I'm using btrfs on several systems, both servers and desktops, and I > > > have sc

Re: Scheduling btrfs scrub on desktop systems

2013-04-01 Thread Steven Post
On Tue, 2013-04-02 at 01:12 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 11:46:59AM +0200, Steven Post wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > I'm using btrfs on several systems, both servers and desktops, and I > > have scheduled scrub jobs for the servers. > > But what would be the best way sc

Re: Scheduling btrfs scrub on desktop systems

2013-04-01 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 11:46:59AM +0200, Steven Post wrote: > Hello list, > > I'm using btrfs on several systems, both servers and desktops, and I > have scheduled scrub jobs for the servers. > But what would be the best way schedule these jobs on desktop systems > where you don't know exactly wh

Scheduling btrfs scrub on desktop systems

2013-04-01 Thread Steven Post
Hello list, I'm using btrfs on several systems, both servers and desktops, and I have scheduled scrub jobs for the servers. But what would be the best way schedule these jobs on desktop systems where you don't know exactly when they will be powered on? The desktops in question are running Debian