On Mon, 27 Feb 2012, Tommi Virtanen wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 15:29, Gregory Farnum
> <gregory.far...@dreamhost.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Matt Weil <mw...@genome.wustl.edu> wrote:
> >> How do you do this type of config (specifying multiple devices per server)
> >> on xfs not btrfs?
> >>
> >>> [osd.1]
> >>>        host = linuscs92
> >>>        btrfs devs = /dev/cciss/c1d2
> 
> My inclination at this point is to deprecate & remove the "btrfs devs"
> feature as soon as possible. It's a half-feature that keeps tripping
> people up.
> 
> Format your filesystems as you wish, mount them, and point "osd data"
> at one. "btrfs devs" was meant for quickly creating throwaway test
> setups.

Sounds good to me.  Should we add a warning if the feature is used for 
now, or just rip it out?

It would also be nice to define the path forward at the same time.  Even a 
high level description of what you have in mind to the list so that people 
know where we're going and can work toward.

sage

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