On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Mark Rada <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi devs, > > I've been using btrfs on my file server since 2.6.32 and after upgrading to > .33 I noticed that rebalancing took way longer than before. > > I have a 5 disk array used for a btrfs md setup, different hard drive sizes, > brands, and interfaces. > > The last time I rebalanced I was using about 800GB of space on the 4.6TB > array, and I started before I went to sleep and it was done when I woke up. > > I'm in the middle of a rebalance right now, currently using 950GB, and it has > been a full day and the rebalancing is not done yet. Is this an expected > change? Is there any way to tell how much longer it will take? Do you need to > know more info about the setup? >
I guess it enters infinite loops. you can check it by checking if there are a lots of repeats messages in the kernel log. If it is true, you can try deleting some large files in that FS. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
