No, the files can be read on a newly mounted client! I went ahead and deleted all of the link files associated with these duplicates, and then remounted the volume. The problem is fixed!
Thanks again for the help, Joe and Vijay.
Tom
--------- Original Message ---------Subject: Re: Hundreds of duplicate files
From: "Vijay Bellur" <vbellur@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 12/28/14 3:23 am
To: tbenzvi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
On 12/28/2014 01:20 PM, tbenzvi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Vijay,
> Yes the files are still readable from the .glusterfs path.
> There is no explicit error. However, trying to read a text file in
> python simply gives me null characters:
>
> >>> open('ott_mf_itab').readlines()
> ['\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00']
>
> And reading binary files does the same
>
Is this behavior seen with a freshly mounted client too?
-Vijay
> --------- Original Message ---------
> Subject: Re: Hundreds of duplicate files
> From: "Vijay Bellur" <vbellur@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 12/27/14 9:57 pm
> To: tbenzvi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> On 12/28/2014 10:13 AM, tbenzvi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Thanks Joe, I've read your blog post as well as your post
> regarding the
> > .glusterfs directory.
> > I found some unneeded duplicate files which were not being read
> > properly. I then deleted the link file from the brick. This always
> > removes the duplicate file from the listing, but the file does not
> > always become readable. If I also delete the associated file in the
> > .glusterfs directory on that brick, then some more files become
> > readable. However this solution still doesn't work for all files.
> > I know the file on the brick is not corrupt as it can be read
> directly
> > from the brick directory.
>
> For files that are not readable from the client, can you check if the
> file is readable from the .glusterfs/ path?
>
> What is the specific error that is seen while trying to read one such
> file from the client?
>
> Thanks,
> Vijay
>
>
>
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