[Gluster-users] Possible to expand DHT volume with additional servers?

[Kamal Varma]

Should have clarified - i ts available with our support offerings, and our support dept. helps with the process.   



Kamal 


----- "Roland Rabben" <roland at jotta.no> wrote: 
> Hi 
> Where can the re-balancing scripts be found? 
> Regards 
> Roland Rabben 
> 
> 2010/1/14 Kamal Varma < kamal at gluster.com > 
> 

Hi Luke, 
> 
> Today you would add the new servers to your configuration and re-start all Gluster proceses. Scripts are available for re-balancing files across new nodes. 
> 
> We are working on a dynamic volume management capability, to be delivered later this year, that will let you do this on the fly. 
> 
> Kamal 
> 


> 
> 
> ----- "Luke Olson" < luke.olson at cafefx.com > wrote: 
> 
> > Hello, 
> > 
> > My name is Luke, this is my first time using the mailing list. I've 
> > got a 4 server cluster using the DHT translator setup with the 
> > gluster-volgen utility. If possible the plan is to add 2 more servers 
> > to the volume to make a new total of 6 servers. Looking through the 
> > documentation I wasn't able to find any definitive information about 
> > expanding a DHT volume. Is there a guide somewhere I've missed, pros, 
> > cons, how to do it right, is it even possible? If a guide doesn't 
> > exist somewhere suggestions would be greatly appreciated like is it 
> > better to just create a new volume and copy over the data. 
> > 
> > All the best, 
> > 
> > Luke 
> > 
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