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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks for getting back to me guys. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I don’t have an existing volume yet. This is a planned deployment. At first I will have one server with 8 bricks forming a distributed volume. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>So, on server 1, I will have volume “gluster-ssd-vol” with bricks: 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7A, 8A.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Then (a week later) I will add server two and would like to convert to a distributed-replicated volume by adding bricks: 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B, 7B, 8B. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>So would “gluster volume add-brick gluster-ssd-vol replica 2 <1B> <2B> <3B> <4B> <5B> <6B> <7B> <8B>” result in a distributed-replicated volume with replica sets 1AB, 2AB, 3AB, etc…?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Michael<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Joe Julian [mailto:joe@julianfamily.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 06, 2012 12:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'gluster-users@gluster.org'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gluster-users] Instructions for converting a distributed volume to a distributed-replicated?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The text isn't 100% clear, I agree, but it is safe to infer from this what you would naturally infer:<o:p></o:p></p><pre># gluster volume add-brick<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Usage: volume add-brick <VOLNAME> [<stripe|replica> <COUNT>] <NEW-BRICK> ...<o:p></o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>meaning you can add-brick, specify the new replica (or stripe) count and list enough bricks to make the change possible and it will do just that.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 11/05/2012 10:30 AM, Kushnir, Michael (NIH/NLM/LHC) [C] wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Where can I find instructions for converting a distributed volume to a distributed replicated volume? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Michael<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>______________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Michael Kushnir<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>System Architect / Engineer <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Communications Engineering Branch<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Library of Medicine<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>8600 Rockville Pike, Building 38A, Floor 10<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Besthesda, MD 20894<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone: 301-435-3219<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:michael.kushnir@nih.gov">michael.kushnir@nih.gov</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=155 height=102 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDBC1B.A1CA9700" alt=VMW-LGO-CERTIFIED-PRO-5-K><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Gluster-users mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Gluster-users@gluster.org">Gluster-users@gluster.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users">http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>