Adding 500G disk to btrfs volume... but I don't get 500G more of available space (raid0)

2013-07-26 Thread Axelle
Hi btrfs folks, I'm afraid I have a newbie question... but I can't sort it out? It's just about adding a disk to a btrfs volume and not getting the correct amount of GB in the end... I have a btrfs volume which already consists of two different devices and which is mounted on /samples. Its total

Re: Adding 500G disk to btrfs volume... but I don't get 500G more of available space (raid0)

2013-07-26 Thread Hugo Mills
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 09:05:03AM +0200, Axelle wrote: Hi btrfs folks, I'm afraid I have a newbie question... but I can't sort it out? It's just about adding a disk to a btrfs volume and not getting the correct amount of GB in the end... I have a btrfs volume which already consists of

Re: Adding 500G disk to btrfs volume... but I don't get 500G more of available space (raid0)

2013-07-26 Thread Axelle
Hi Hugo, Thanks for your answer, but I'm afraid I still don't get it. RAID-0 requires at least two devices. Well, I have three devices, so that's more than enough isn't it? Or do you mean I should be adding two devices at a time? If you balance this configuration, you'll use up the first 93.13

Re: Adding 500G disk to btrfs volume... but I don't get 500G more of available space (raid0)

2013-07-26 Thread Hugo Mills
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 04:35:59PM +0200, Axelle wrote: Hi Hugo, Thanks for your answer, but I'm afraid I still don't get it. RAID-0 requires at least two devices. Well, I have three devices, so that's more than enough isn't it? Or do you mean I should be adding two devices at a time?