<div dir="ltr">Hi <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Strahil,</span><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Sorry for the latin reply. I did not catch this response until just now. </span></div><div><br></div><div>For the "<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">What do you mean with one unit ?" I meant making 5 bricks (of equal size of the original 5) within that unit and adding that to the existing gluster volume "</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:11px">Number of Bricks: 1 x (4 + 1) = 5". Those 5 bricks just happen to be individual storage units. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:11px">  Thanks, Ted</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 4:28 PM Theodore Buchwald <<a href="mailto:buchwald@ucsc.edu">buchwald@ucsc.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>And thank you to the users of the group. That clarified what I was wondering and answered my question on the additional storage space.</div><div><br></div><div>I had another question in regard to adding a unit to this gluster disperse setup. I may be able to add a large capacity JBOD to this gluster configuration. So I would be able to divide the single storage unit into 5 bricks of the same size of each of the existing 5 bricks that are configured in the gluster cluster.</div><div><br></div><div>My question is this possible to do with one unit and add to the single volume "<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:11px">Volume Name: researchdata" in my existing setup</span>? Reading documentation on adding to a disperse volume I am not sure on how to proceed with this type of addition.</div><div><br></div><div>   Thanks Tbuck!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 5:39 PM Theodore Buchwald <<a href="mailto:buchwald@ucsc.edu" target="_blank">buchwald@ucsc.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">





<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Hi,</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;min-height:14px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></font></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">This is the first time I have tried to expand the storage of a live gluster volume. I was able to get another supermicro storage unit for a gluster cluster that I built. The current clustered storage configuration contains five supermicro units. And the cluster volume is setup with the following configuration:</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">node-6[/var/log/glusterfs]# gluster volume info</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Volume Name: researchdata</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Type: Disperse</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Volume ID: 93d4-482a-8933-2d81298d5b3b</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Status: Started</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Snapshot Count: 0</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Number of Bricks: 1 x (4 + 1) = 5</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Transport-type: tcp</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Bricks:</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Brick1: node-1:/mnt/data/researchdata-1</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Brick2: node-2:/mnt/data/researchdata-2</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Brick3: node-3:/mnt/data/researchdata-3</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Brick4: node-4:/mnt/data/researchdata-4</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Brick5: node-5:/mnt/data/researchdata-5</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Options Reconfigured:</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">features.quota-deem-statfs: on</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">features.inode-quota: on</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">features.quota: on</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">storage.fips-mode-rchecksum: on</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">transport.address-family: inet</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">nfs.disable: on</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">locks.mandatory-locking: optimal</font></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Adding the node to the cluster was no problem. But adding a brick using 'add-brick' to the volume resulted in "volume add-brick: failed: Incorrect number of bricks supplied 1 with count 5". So my question is. What would be the correct amount of bricks needed to expand the storage on the current configuration of '<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Number of Bricks: 1 x (4 + 1) = 5'? Without reconfiguring the volume all together.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Thanks in advance for any pointers in how to expand this volume's storage capabilities.</span></p><div><br></div>  Thanks, Tbuck</div>
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