Each filesystem has its own use-case. Like XFS is for big data, btrfs with its COW and other features meets some specific use-cases like facebook where they have a scenario(refer http://lwn.net/Articles/591780/ ) where btrfs suites then perfectly. So first research, google and then post suchh questions directly on the mailing list. Regards, Saket Sinha On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:35 PM, Nick Krause <xerofoify@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 1:58 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx> wrote: >> On Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:33:22 -0400, Nick Krause said: >>> This is a favor for the btrfs developers, one of my aunt's work's at >>> IBM and is able to ask questions >>> to a few storage engineers about features they would like to see in a >>> file system and it's tools. In >>> addition if you would like to ask them about how to improve btrfs too, >>> I can send another email >>> to her with your questions. >> >> The two most obvious questions are: >> >> 1) Why do you think that IBM storage engineers have any interesting comments >> about btrfs? Hint: if IBM is including a storage engineer in the discussion >> of a project, it's probably not a good usage case for btrfs. Storage engineers >> get involved when the right answer is Lustre, or IBM's GPFS, or SGI's CXFS, >> or large-scale offerings from EMC or NetApp, or similar over-the-top solutions. >> >> (Full disclosure: I work with those sorts of storage systems for a living, and >> everything mentioned in the previous paragraph is on the floor across the hall) >> >> 2) Why aren't the btrfs developers doing the talking themselves? > That's fair Valdis, the interesting thing through is that btrfs is > their chosen file system internally at least and > they seem to be moving their clients off ext4 to btrfs. The client's > who are using btrfs will be more useful if > I can get the information :). I been banned from the list so I can't > get them involved directly and it's better > I try to get the information from her them you guys as I have known > her for longer. > Cheers Nick > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
