On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 06:48:17PM +0000, Jameson wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 1:43 PM Leonid Isaev <leonid.isaev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > See this: > > > > http://marc.merlins.org/perso/btrfs/post_2014-05-04_Fixing-Btrfs-Filesystem-Full-Problems.html > > > > Basically, when your btrfs is full, just create a loopback device, add it > > to > > the array, rebalance and then remove the device. This is what I had to do > > this > > Sunday :) > > > > I don't know if you saw the beginning of the thread, but what started this > whole mess was I allowed a raid6 btrfs filesystem to fill up, and couldn't > balance it even after adding a real disk. (I tried a loopback device > first.) Yeah, I already forgot the beginning of the thread :) Although, are you sure that 1 extra disk will be OK? For raid6 you may need to add more than one... HTH, -- Leonid Isaev GPG fingerprints: DA92 034D B4A8 EC51 7EA6 20DF 9291 EE8A 043C B8C4 C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D
