Gluster users - Jul 2018 - Increase redundancy on existing disperse volume

I'm working to convert my 3x3 arbiter replicated volume into a disperse
volume, however I have to work with the existing disks, maybe adding
another 1 or 2 new disks if necessary. I'm hoping to destroy the bricks on
one of the replicated nodes and build it into a
I'm opting to host this volume on a set of controllers connected to a
common backplane, I don't need help on this config, just on the constraints
of the disperse volumes.

I have some questions about the disperse functionality
1. If I create a 1 redundancy volume in the beginning, after I add more
bricks, can I increase redundancy to 2 or 3
2. If I create the original volume with 6TB bricks, am I really stuck with
6TB bricks even if I add 2 or more 10TB bricks
3. Is it required to extend a volume by the same number or bricks it was
created with? If the original volume is made with 3 bricks, do I have to
always add capacity in 3 brick increments?

-ben
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I think I have replied all the questions you have asked. 
Let me know if you need any additional information. 

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Ashish 
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From: "Benjamin Kingston" <ben at nexusnebula.net> 
To: "gluster-users" <gluster-users at gluster.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 1:01:29 AM 
Subject: [Gluster-users] Increase redundancy on existing disperse volume 

I'm working to convert my 3x3 arbiter replicated volume into a disperse
volume, however I have to work with the existing disks, maybe adding another 1
or 2 new disks if necessary. I'm hoping to destroy the bricks on one of the
replicated nodes and build it into a
I'm opting to host this volume on a set of controllers connected to a common
backplane, I don't need help on this config, just on the constraints of the
disperse volumes.

I have some questions about the disperse functionality 
1. If I create a 1 redundancy volume in the beginning, after I add more bricks,
can I increase redundancy to 2 or 3
2. If I create the original volume with 6TB bricks, am I really stuck with 6TB
bricks even if I add 2 or more 10TB bricks
3. Is it required to extend a volume by the same number or bricks it was created
with? If the original volume is made with 3 bricks, do I have to always add
capacity in 3 brick increments?

-ben 

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