[Gluster-users] cluster.min-free-disk working?

[Vijay Bellur]

On 06/14/2013 12:55 PM, Jon Tegner wrote:
> Maybe my question was a bit "involved", I'll try again:
>
> while searching the web I have found various issues connected to
> "cluster.min-free-disk" (e.g., one shouldn't use % but rather a size
> number). Would it be possible with an update of the status?


With 3.3.1, the percentage was being interpreted as a number. A 
workaround was to configure using bytes and the references allude to this.

Can you explain a bit more about the issue being seen with 3.3.2qa3? Are 
new files being created in bricks that are more than 80% full after 
setting min.free-disk to 20%?

Regards,
Vijay

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> Thanks,
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> /jon
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> On Jun 11, 2013 16:47 "Jon Tegner" <tegner at renget.se>
> <mailto:tegner at renget.se> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> have a system consisting of four bricks, using 3.3.2qa3. I used the
>> command
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>> gluster volume set glusterKumiko cluster.min-free-disk 20%
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>> Two of the bricks where empty, and two were full to just under 80% when
>> building the volume.
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>> Now, when syncing data (from a primary system), and using min-free-disk
>> 20% I thought new data would go to the two empty bricks, but gluster
>> does not seem to honor the 20% limit.
>>
>>
>>
>> Have I missed something here?
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>>
>> Thanks!
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>> /jon
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>> ***************gluster volume info************************
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>> Volume Name: glusterKumiko
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>> Type: Distribute
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>> Volume ID: 8f639d0f-9099-46b4-b597-244d89def5bd
>>
>> Status: Started
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>> Number of Bricks: 4
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>> Transport-type: tcp,rdma
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>> Bricks:
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>> Brick1: kumiko01:/mnt/raid6
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>> Brick2: kumiko02:/mnt/raid6
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>> Brick3: kumiko03:/mnt/raid6
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>> Brick4: kumiko04:/mnt/raid6
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>> Options Reconfigured:
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>> cluster.min-free-disk: 20%
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