[Gluster-users] Convert existing volume to shard volume

[André Bauer]

Hi List,

i just upgraded from 3.5.8 to 3.7.8 and want to convert my existing VM
Images volume to a shard volume now:

gluster volume set dis-rep features.shard on
gluster volume set dis-rep features.shard-block-size 16MB

How are the existing image files handled?
Do i need to start rebalance to convert existing files?

Or is it better to start with an empty volume?
If so, why?


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Regards
André