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		estimator7292 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: BCacheFS is being disabled in the openSUSE kernels... This is the way it's always been. RAID can't really handle mismatched drives either and you must consider that when purchasing drives. It's not a flaw, it's a consequence of geometry

StopDisinfo910 7 months ago [–]

It’s strange you say that because my btrfs array handles mismatched sizes just fine.

Elhana 7 months ago | [–]

Let's say you can put a hdd and ssd of different sizes in raid1, but doesnt mean you should.

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