<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I have several existing volumes configured in the following way:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Volume Name: sonic001</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Type: Distributed-Replicate</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Volume ID: 362eb3a8-c211-4f35-bcd3-87785c51f15c</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Status: Started</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Number of Bricks: 4 x 2 = 8</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Transport-type: tcp</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Bricks:</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Brick1: xs141:/brick1/sonic001p0r0</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Brick2: xs138:/brick1/sonic001p0r1</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Brick3: xs139:/brick1/sonic001p1r0</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Brick4: xs140:/brick1/sonic001p1r1</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Brick5: xs141:/brick0/sonic001p2r0</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Brick6: xs138:/brick0/sonic001p2r1</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Brick7: xs139:/brick0/sonic001p4r0</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Brick8: xs140:/brick0/sonic001p3r1</div></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">I recently learned that replica 2 can’t be considered HA because of the split brain scenario that would occur if a network partition occurred. I also recently learned that using replica 3 arbiter 1 was a way to solve this problem without consuming additional space.</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Is there a way I can change this existing volume to be replica 3 arbiter 1, or do I need to create new volumes and rsync the data?</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Thanks,</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Russ</div><img src="http://t.sidekickopen04.com/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v4LN9-W2z8_hM5wLWr-N7dSKlbd3_yKW6jq8hk1k1H6H0?si=6102096971038720&pi=1F0B5A01-C3DA-4DA1-8FCA-D91332537B1E" width="1" height="1" style="display:none!important"></body></html>