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diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt index 3d01948ea061..b8a57b9cec19 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt @@ -28,17 +28,18 @@ administrator some freedom, for example to: Status ====== -These targets are very much still in the EXPERIMENTAL state. Please -do not yet rely on them in production. But do experiment and offer us -feedback. Different use cases will have different performance -characteristics, for example due to fragmentation of the data volume. +These targets are considered safe for production use. But different use +cases will have different performance characteristics, for example due +to fragmentation of the data volume. If you find this software is not performing as expected please mail dm-devel@redhat.com with details and we'll try our best to improve things for you. -Userspace tools for checking and repairing the metadata are under -development. +Userspace tools for checking and repairing the metadata have been fully +developed and are available as 'thin_check' and 'thin_repair'. The name +of the package that provides these utilities varies by distribution (on +a Red Hat distribution it is named 'device-mapper-persistent-data'). Cookbook ======== |