Subject: Re: [patch 0/4] [RFC] Another proportional weight IO controller
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
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On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 11:57 -0500, Rik van Riel wrote:
> Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
> > The only real issue I can see is with linear volumes, but those are
> > stupid anyway - non of the gains but all the risks.
> 
> Linear volumes may well be the most common ones.
> 
> People start out with the filesystems at a certain size,
> increasing onto a second (new) disk later, when more space
> is required.

Are they aware of how risky linear volumes are? I would discourage
anyone from using them.
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