Ok, I need to take a breath. I just realized, with your question, that gluster did not do striped volumes until 3.1 and this system is 3.0. Distributed should still contain whole files on the various nodes. That's why in the backup some files were missing and other large ones were still intact. -----Original Message----- From: Joe Landman [mailto:landman at scalableinformatics.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:47 AM To: Terry Haley Cc: gluster-users at gluster.org Subject: Re: Quick question regarding xfs_repair On 03/15/2011 10:46 AM, Terry Haley wrote: > I'm guessing since Gluster was striping across this and 3 other nodes, I'm > pretty much left with whatever data I was able to backup prior to this > happening and whatever I was lucky enough to get from the gluster system > that didn't have stripes on this node. I still haven't heard if gluster will > fail on a copy if the file could not be fully constructed from the stripes. > > I suppose it's time for some diagnostics to see if the node is worth > rebuilding or I need to order anything. What RAID card (or is this SW RAID)? I'd start with the diagnostics. Was the volume striping or distributed? If striping, the data is possibly toast, and I'd suggest more effort in recovering the device. If distributed, you will be missing some files. -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics Inc. email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web : http://scalableinformatics.com http://scalableinformatics.com/sicluster phone: +1 734 786 8423 x121 fax : +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615 The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail.
