<div dir="ltr">I've created (actually recreated) a Gluster volume in a directory that already contained data and it worked just fine. No data loss.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:05 PM, Franco Broi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:franco.broi@iongeo.com" target="_blank">franco.broi@iongeo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
I've never added a brick with existing files but I did start a new<br>
Gluster volume on disks that already contained data and I was able to<br>
access the files without problem. Of course the files will be out of<br>
place but the first time you access them, Gluster will add links to<br>
speed up future lookups.<br>
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On Thu, 2014-10-16 at 09:57 +1030, SINCOCK John wrote:<br>
> Hi Everyone,<br>
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> All the instructions I’ve been able to find on adding a brick to a<br>
> gluster, seem to assume the brick is empty when it’s added.<br>
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> So my question is, is it possible for a new brick, loaded up with<br>
> files, to be added to a gluster (and for all the files already on that<br>
> brick, to be indexed and added into the gluster). Apologies if the<br>
> question is answered elsewhere, but I couldn’t find anyone addressing<br>
> this specific question, and certainty helps when you’re dealing with<br>
> 10’s of terabytes of data... ;-)<br>
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> Thanks in advance for any info or tips!<br>
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