Hi Amar, Thanks for your prompt answer! On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Amar Tumballi <amar at gluster.com> wrote: > Can you try running 'gluster volume rebalance <VOLNAME> fix-layout start' > again? # gluster volume rebalance glfs fix-layout start starting rebalance on volume glfs has been successful # gluster volume rebalance glfs fix-layout status rebalance step 1: layout fix complete: fixed layout 73 # gluster volume info glfs Volume Name: glfs Type: Distribute Status: Started Number of Bricks: 3 Transport-type: tcp Bricks: Brick1: backup01.topcluster.net:/vol1/glfs Brick2: backup02.topcluster.net:/vol1/glfs Brick3: backup03.topcluster.net:/vol1/glfs On backup01, where I executed the fix-layout, I don't find any suspicious log entries, only the "lookup-unhashed" option that probably is necessary for this maintenance job. > Also, are you using ACLs? can the accessing of directories/files work as > 'root' user? No, we don't use ACLs. I've been using the root user all the time, but even then the usual "find ... stat" self-healing command triggers the "permission denied" errors. And it still does... :-( Thanks again for your help! Best regards, Jochen