[Gluster-users] changing volume from Distributed-Replicate to Distributed

[Lalatendu Mohanty]

On 11/04/2013 06:40 PM, James wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Paul Simpson <paul at realisestudio.com> wrote:
>> that is what i'm planning to test. i guess my underlying question is - will
>> gluster automatically "know" that a volume of replica count 2 is not
>> replicated any more? and if so, how will it react to the fact that the
>> replicated bricks are now missing? ie, should i / or is there a way of
>> changing the replica count of a volume first? would that automatically
>> remove the bricks for you?
>>
>>
>>
>
> I hope I explain this clearly. Others feel free to correct.
> Based on the replica number you choose, and the ordered list of bricks
> you give to gluster, it figures out what distribute and replicate to
> do. You have to be clever to pick the right order and replica numbers
> to suit your needs. Generally if you pick something that is wrong
> (won't work) or doesn't make a lot of sense (replica on same host)
> gluster will either not let you do that, or complain, respectively.
>
> You should do some tests with vm's to get familiar with the add/remove
> brick process.
>
> HTH,
> James
+1
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