Gluster users - Oct 2014 - Is it ok to add a new brick with files already on it?

Hi Everyone,

 

All the instructions I've been able to find on adding a brick to a
gluster, seem to assume the brick is empty when it's added. 

 

So my question is, is it possible for a new brick, loaded up with files,
to be added to a gluster (and for all the files already on that brick,
to be indexed and added into the gluster). Apologies if the question is
answered elsewhere, but I couldn't find anyone addressing this specific
question, and certainty helps when you're dealing with 10's of terabytes
of data... ;-)

 

Thanks in advance for any info or tips!

 

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I've never added a brick with existing files but I did start a new
Gluster volume on disks that already contained data and I was able to
access the files without problem. Of course the files will be out of
place but the first time you access them, Gluster will add links to
speed up future lookups.

On Thu, 2014-10-16 at 09:57 +1030, SINCOCK John wrote: 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
>  
> 
> All the instructions I?ve been able to find on adding a brick to a
> gluster, seem to assume the brick is empty when it?s added. 
> 
>  
> 
> So my question is, is it possible for a new brick, loaded up with
> files, to be added to a gluster (and for all the files already on that
> brick, to be indexed and added into the gluster). Apologies if the
> question is answered elsewhere, but I couldn?t find anyone addressing
> this specific question, and certainty helps when you?re dealing with
> 10?s of terabytes of data... ;-)
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks in advance for any info or tips!
> 
>  
> 
> 
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