On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Joe Julian <joe at julianfamily.org> wrote: > Because it's a vastly higher priority to preserve data. Just because I > delete a volume doesn't mean I want the data deleted. In fact, more often > than not, it's quite the opposite. The barrier to data loss is high, and it > should remain high. OK, again I'll ask: what is a typical scenario for me as a gluster admin to delete a volume and want to add one (or more) of its former bricks to another volume and keep that data in tact? I can't think of a real world example. But I assume they exist as this is the model taken by gluster.. -- Douglas J Hunley (doug.hunley at gmail.com) Twitter: @hunleyd Web: douglasjhunley.com G+: http://goo.gl/sajR3