<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I need some help coming up with the best solution for a GlusterFS system.<div><br></div><div>The application is a streaming media CMS, the existing server is the encoding and streaming server for the system. It has an existing LVM built on 4 x 2TB SATA drives which has almost 7TB of media content.</div><div><br></div><div>I want to convert the existing media server to GlusterFS (the content cannot be moved or erased and rebuilt, it has to be converted in situ). Then, I have another identical server which will be added to the first to provide more space for additional content.</div><div><br></div><div>The plan is to continue adding servers as the project progresses with the total content storage being 50-100TB total. The DC we currently use is limited to 4 bay servers w/ 2TB drives so the maximum potential storage is 8TB minus overhead (about 7.1TB real world).</div><div><br></div><div>I'm an experienced admin but new to Gluster so I need some help figuring out the best way to go about this. I've found tutorials on setting up a clean Gluster system but nothing on dealing with existing files already in a LVM volume group.</div><div><br></div><div>I'd even be willing to pay someone to help work out a plan and come up with a how to for us to follow if there is someone w/ the skill level required. The existing content on the system represents a lot of time and effort so I need to make sure as much risk as possible is mitigated.<br><div>
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