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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Awesome, thanks guys, that’s what I was hoping to hear </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Ryan Nix [mailto:ryan.nix@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 16 October 2014 10:18 AM<br><b>To:</b> Franco Broi<br><b>Cc:</b> SINCOCK John; gluster-users<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gluster-users] Is it ok to add a new brick with files already on it?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I've created (actually recreated) a Gluster volume in a directory that already contained data and it worked just fine. No data loss.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:05 PM, Franco Broi <<a href="mailto:franco.broi@iongeo.com" target="_blank">franco.broi@iongeo.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><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.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>On Thu, 2014-10-16 at 09:57 +1030, SINCOCK John wrote:<br>> Hi Everyone,<br>><br>><br>><br>> 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>><br>><br>><br>> 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>><br>><br>><br>> Thanks in advance for any info or tips!<br>><br>><br>><br>><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>> _______________________________________________<br>> Gluster-users mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Gluster-users@gluster.org">Gluster-users@gluster.org</a><br>> <a href="http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users" target="_blank">http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users</a><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Gluster-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Gluster-users@gluster.org">Gluster-users@gluster.org</a><br><a href="http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users" target="_blank">http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>