[RFC] improve space utilization on off-sized raid devices

2011-11-16 Thread Thomas Schmidt
I wrote a small patch to improve allocation on differently sized raid devices. With 2.6.38 I frequently ran into a no space left error that I attribute to this. But I'm not entierly sure. The fs was an 8 device -d raid0 -m raid10. The used space was the same across all devices. 5 were full and 3 b

Re: [RFC] improve space utilization on off-sized raid devices

2011-11-17 Thread Thomas Schmidt
Original-Nachricht > Datum: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:42:48 +0100 > Von: Arne Jansen > An: Thomas Schmidt > CC: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org > Betreff: Re: [RFC] improve space utilization on off-sized raid devices > On 17.11.2011 01:27, Thomas Schmidt wrote:

Re: [RFC] improve space utilization on off-sized raid devices

2011-11-17 Thread Thomas Schmidt
Original-Nachricht > Datum: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:59:26 +0100 > Von: Arne Jansen > An: Thomas Schmidt > CC: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org > Betreff: Re: [RFC] improve space utilization on off-sized raid devices > Right you are. So you want to sacrifice str

Re: [RFC] improve space utilization on off-sized raid devices

2012-01-24 Thread THomas Schmidt
On Thursday 01 December 2011 09:55:27 Arne Jansen wrote: > As RAID0 is already not a strict 'all disks or none', I like the idea to > have it even more dynamic to reach full optimization. But I'd like to see > some properties conserved: > a) In case of even size disks, the stripes should always be

Re: [RFC] improve space utilization on off-sized raid devices

2012-01-24 Thread Thomas Schmidt
On Thursday 01 December 2011 09:55:27 Arne Jansen wrote: > As RAID0 is already not a strict 'all disks or none', I like the idea to > have it even more dynamic to reach full optimization. But I'd like to see > some properties conserved: > a) In case of even size disks, the stripes should always be