installer: installation takes very long for huge disks
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	Sep 17 2025, 4:47 PM

Description

When installing VyOS 1.4 onto a system with very large disks (3.8TB in this example) the initial installation is pretty slow as we wait for the entire array to sync up.

It would be nice for the user to see a progress indicator like in VyOS 1.3 - or beeing asked if the array should be created in the foreground (wait until completion) or background (reduced performance but continue with installation, sync happens in the background).

VyOS 1.3.8

A progress is shown in VyOS 1.3.8 indicating a drive/raid sync

VyOS 1.4

No progress is displayed to the user - it could be read from a second tty

Details

Version: 1.4.3
Is it a breaking change?: Perfectly compatible
Issue type: Performance optimization

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Open	FEATURE REQUEST	c-po	T8018 Add progress indicator/streaming stdout redirect
		Open	BUG	None	T7838 installer: installation takes very long for huge disks

Event Timeline

c-po created this task.Sep 17 2025, 4:47 PM

c-po triaged this task as Normal priority.

c-po changed Issue type from Bug (incorrect behavior) to Feature (new functionality).

pasik subscribed.Sep 17 2025, 5:18 PM

Unknown Object (User) edited projects, added VyOS 1.5 Circinus (1.5-stream-2025-Q4); removed VyOS 1.5 Circinus (1.5-stream-2025-Q3).Oct 8 2025, 5:45 PM

dmbaturin renamed this task from installer: raid1 instalaltion takes very long for huge disks to installer: installation takes very long for huge disks.Tue, Nov 18, 4:01 PM

dmbaturin removed a project: VyOS 1.4 Sagitta (1.4.4).

dmbaturin changed Is it a breaking change? from Unspecified (possibly destroys the router) to Perfectly compatible.

dmbaturin changed Issue type from Feature (new functionality) to Performance optimization.

c-po added a parent task: T8018: Add progress indicator/streaming stdout redirect.Tue, Nov 18, 4:11 PM

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