Re: BTRFS RAID

On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 09:46:15AM -0500, Michael Bailey wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I have a few questions pertaining to BTRFS RAID.  I know it's been rumored a lot recently that kernel 3.4 will
have RAID5/6 support, is this still the case.

  It seem to be wrong. Chris Mason hinted that RAID5/6 will hit kernel 3.5.  It is way to late to have it in 3.4.

>  Also, is it possible to change from a single drive system to a raid system or even a multi drive system
without raid to a raid system while there is data on the drives an successfully convert them without
loosing data?  Thank you for any help you can provide.

  Restriping had landed, so it should be doable.

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