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Hi, I''m trying to convert two ext4 FS to btrfs, but I''m surprised by the time needed to do that conversion. The first FS is on a 500GiB block device, and btrfs-convert is running since more than 48h : root 1978 25.6 47.7 748308 732556 ? D Feb18 944:44 btrfs-convert /dev/vg-backup/backup The second is on a 340GiB block device, and the processing time is similar : root 30192 5.2 3.0 73180 61520 pts/0 R F...

...sh to keep untouched as it has data on that I must keep. Or at the very least, TRY to keep. If all else fails, then so be it and I'll just recreate the thing. I do plan on backing up the data first in case of disasters. But I'm hoping I don't have to considering there's some 500GiB on it. The previous owner sent me a breakdown of how they build the raid when it was first done. I've included an explanation below this message with the various command outputs. Apparently their reason for doing it the way they did was so they can easily add drives to the raid and g...