Hi Is there some way I can add an extra disk as a mirror to an existing btrfs filesystem? Or must I create a new filesystem with RAID1, and then copy over all my data? thanks donald -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
--- On Sun, 5/16/10, Donald Gordon <don@dis.org.nz> wrote:> From: Donald Gordon <don@dis.org.nz> > Subject: Adding mirroring to an existing filesystem > To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org > Date: Sunday, May 16, 2010, 4:39 AM > Hi > > Is there some way I can add an extra disk as a mirror to an > existing > btrfs filesystem? Or must I create a new filesystem > with RAID1, and > then copy over all my data?https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Using_Btrfs_with_Multiple_Devices#Adding_New_Devices I would be sure to back my data up before performing this procedure ;)> > thanks > > donald > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-btrfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >-- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 8:38 AM, J G <yoosty_cmn@yahoo.com> wrote:> > > --- On Sun, 5/16/10, Donald Gordon <don@dis.org.nz> wrote: > >> From: Donald Gordon <don@dis.org.nz> >> Subject: Adding mirroring to an existing filesystem >> To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org >> Date: Sunday, May 16, 2010, 4:39 AM >> Hi >> >> Is there some way I can add an extra disk as a mirror to an >> existing >> btrfs filesystem? Or must I create a new filesystem >> with RAID1, and >> then copy over all my data? > > https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Using_Btrfs_with_Multiple_Devices#Adding_New_Devices > > I would be sure to back my data up before performing this procedure ;)You should have good backups and keep having good backups before and during the use of btrfs. Period. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html