[Gluster-users] Is it ok to add a new brick with files already on it?

[SINCOCK John]

Awesome, thanks guys, that’s what I was hoping to hear J

 

From: Ryan Nix [mailto:ryan.nix at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 16 October 2014 10:18 AM
To: Franco Broi
Cc: SINCOCK John; gluster-users
Subject: Re: [Gluster-users] Is it ok to add a new brick with files already on it?

 

I've created (actually recreated) a Gluster volume in a directory that already contained data and it worked just fine.  No data loss.

 

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:05 PM, Franco Broi <franco.broi at iongeo.com> wrote:


I've never added a brick with existing files but I did start a new
Gluster volume on disks that already contained data and I was able to
access the files without problem. Of course the files will be out of
place but the first time you access them, Gluster will add links to
speed up future lookups.


On Thu, 2014-10-16 at 09:57 +1030, SINCOCK John wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
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> All the instructions I’ve been able to find on adding a brick to a
> gluster, seem to assume the brick is empty when it’s added.
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> So my question is, is it possible for a new brick, loaded up with
> files, to be added to a gluster (and for all the files already on that
> brick, to be indexed and added into the gluster). Apologies if the
> question is answered elsewhere, but I couldn’t find anyone addressing
> this specific question, and certainty helps when you’re dealing with
> 10’s of terabytes of data... ;-)
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> Thanks in advance for any info or tips!
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