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[Gluster-devel] Re: glusterfs with existing data files
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Anand Avati |
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[Gluster-devel] Re: glusterfs with existing data files |
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Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:27:20 +0530 |
Dick,
If you have just one server with data, then, yes, you can build a
'clustered fs around it' by starting with an empty namespace and adding
empty extra subvolumes along with this server as one of the subvolumes of
unify.
avati
On 10/10/07, Dick DiRisio <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> On the
> http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/Understanding_Unify_Translator page
> it says;
>
>
>
> "If one starts with an empty namespace export, but has data in storage
> nodes, a 'find .>/dev/null' or 'ls -lR >/dev/null' should help to build
> namespace in one shot. Even otherwise, namespace is built on demand when a
> file is looked up for the first time."
>
>
>
> Does this imply that I can build up a cluster of bricks using filesystems
> that have pre-existing data AND be able to keep that data intact after the
> cluster is configured?
>
>
>
> Rgds
>
--
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account
Hofstadter's Law.
-- Hofstadter's Law
- [Gluster-devel] glusterfs with existing data files, Dick DiRisio, 2007/10/10
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