Re: btrfs seed question

2017-11-03 Thread Kai Krakow
Am Thu, 12 Oct 2017 11:50:20 -0400 schrieb Joseph Dunn : > On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:30:36 +0100 > Chris Murphy wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Joseph Dunn > > wrote: > > > On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:32:24 +0100 > > > Chris Murphy wrote: > > > > [...] > [...] > [...] > [

Re: btrfs seed question

2017-11-03 Thread Kai Krakow
Am Thu, 12 Oct 2017 09:20:28 -0400 schrieb Joseph Dunn : > On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:18:01 +0800 > Anand Jain wrote: > > > On 10/12/2017 08:47 AM, Joseph Dunn wrote: > > > After seeing how btrfs seeds work I wondered if it was possible > > > to push specific files from the seed to the rw device.

Re: btrfs seed question

2017-10-12 Thread Anand Jain
Not quite. While the seed device is still connected I would like to force some files over to the rw device. The use case is basically a much slower link to a seed device holding significantly more data than we currently need. An example would be a slower iscsi link to the seed device and a l

Re: btrfs seed question

2017-10-12 Thread Austin S. Hemmelgarn
On 2017-10-12 11:30, Chris Murphy wrote: On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Joseph Dunn wrote: On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:32:24 +0100 Chris Murphy wrote: On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Joseph Dunn wrote: On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:18:01 +0800 Anand Jain wrote: On 10/12/2017 08:47 AM, Joseph Du

Re: btrfs seed question

2017-10-12 Thread Joseph Dunn
On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:30:36 +0100 Chris Murphy wrote: > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Joseph Dunn wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:32:24 +0100 > > Chris Murphy wrote: > > > >> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Joseph Dunn wrote: > >> > > >> > On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:18:01 +0800 > >> > A

Re: btrfs seed question

2017-10-12 Thread Chris Murphy
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Joseph Dunn wrote: > On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:32:24 +0100 > Chris Murphy wrote: > >> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Joseph Dunn wrote: >> > >> > On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:18:01 +0800 >> > Anand Jain wrote: >> > >> > > On 10/12/2017 08:47 AM, Joseph Dunn wrote: >> >

Re: btrfs seed question

2017-10-12 Thread Joseph Dunn
On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:32:24 +0100 Chris Murphy wrote: > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Joseph Dunn wrote: > > > > On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:18:01 +0800 > > Anand Jain wrote: > > > > > On 10/12/2017 08:47 AM, Joseph Dunn wrote: > > > > After seeing how btrfs seeds work I wondered if it was p

Re: btrfs seed question

2017-10-12 Thread Chris Murphy
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Joseph Dunn wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:18:01 +0800 > Anand Jain wrote: > > > On 10/12/2017 08:47 AM, Joseph Dunn wrote: > > > After seeing how btrfs seeds work I wondered if it was possible to push > > > specific files from the seed to the rw device. I kno

Re: btrfs seed question

2017-10-12 Thread Joseph Dunn
On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:18:01 +0800 Anand Jain wrote: > On 10/12/2017 08:47 AM, Joseph Dunn wrote: > > After seeing how btrfs seeds work I wondered if it was possible to push > > specific files from the seed to the rw device. I know that removing > > the seed device will flush all the contents ov

Re: btrfs seed question

2017-10-11 Thread Anand Jain
On 10/12/2017 08:47 AM, Joseph Dunn wrote: After seeing how btrfs seeds work I wondered if it was possible to push specific files from the seed to the rw device. I know that removing the seed device will flush all the contents over to the rw device, but what about flushing individual files on

btrfs seed question

2017-10-11 Thread Joseph Dunn
After seeing how btrfs seeds work I wondered if it was possible to push specific files from the seed to the rw device. I know that removing the seed device will flush all the contents over to the rw device, but what about flushing individual files on demand? I found that opening a file, reading t