asked 2015-05-06 19:00:49 +0300
Hi Sailors,
I have read in the release notes of update 1.1.4 that Jolla fixed the BTRFS balancing problem... My Jolla should preform an auto balance operation under certain conditions. I read that I needed to connect the Jolla to the charger at a certain time (somebody knows when?). Do I need to fulfill other conditions to activate the auto balance operation?
My current balance state: 12,75GB / 13,75GB
Dylan
answered 2015-05-06 19:14:59 +0300
According to Zendesk click here it's released and confirmed.
Just connect your charger for the night between Monday and Tuesday, and balancing should occur at 3am.
EDIT2: Changed the days to Monday/Tuesday night. Source: The timer code itself (github), confirmed as correct
I think it's related to your timezone. So 3am in the morning for your time. But it's my opinion because I think the developers are guessing that your sleeping at that time ;-)
drummer12 ( 2015-05-06 19:26:57 +0300 )Thanks! I will report if the Jolla has been balanced next week.
Dylan Van Assche ( 2015-05-06 19:28:49 +0300 )Therefore its best to leave your phone to charge over night? What do you suggest?
Rosemary ( 2015-05-06 19:29:04 +0300 )Yeah but only from tuesday to wednesday night. @Assche I don't think that it will balance today cause this night it is thursday 3am - I think, what do you guess? ;-)
drummer12 ( 2015-05-06 19:40:40 +0300 )answered 2015-05-06 19:34:53 +0300
The autobalance happens on Tuesday mornings at 3:00 AM.
If you don't happen to leave your charger connected in this timeframe (like me) you may call the balancer manually by running btrfs-balance as root (or just use the standard btrfs tools).
Maybe by adding some timed rules it's possible to trigger a balance regardless of the charger status (systemd timers don't run when the charger isn't connected as the device is in deep sleep).
The systemd timer is set at Tuesday, 3:00: https://github.com/sailfishos/btrfs-balancer/blob/master/service/btrfs-balancer.timer
g7 ( 2015-05-06 19:40:45 +0300 )Answer already accepted edited with correct info. Thanks for bringing it up!
simo ( 2015-05-06 20:31:35 +0300 )answered 2015-05-06 19:06:12 +0300
This has been updated with relevant info on April 21st, however, not by Jolla, so yet unconfirmed: https://together.jolla.com/question/30822/root-and-home-disks-full-and-causing-various-problems/
What is confirmed by Jolla, is simply this line, quoted from the official changelog:
sbj-configs
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If you value your phone, disable the service, as the balance will make your phone unusable and if you reboot, you may damage your file system.
Trizt ( 2015-05-21 18:52:34 +0300 )