Thanks for the Info... Am 17.03.2016 um 18:21 schrieb Krutika Dhananjay: > If you want the existing files in your volume to get sharded, you would > need to > a. enable sharding on the volume and configure block size, both of which > you have already done, > b. cp the file(s) into the same volume with temporary names > c. once done, you can rename the temporary paths back to their old names. > > HTH, > Krutika > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 9:51 PM, André Bauer <abauer@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:abauer@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Hi List, > > i just upgraded from 3.5.8 to 3.7.8 and want to convert my existing VM > Images volume to a shard volume now: > > gluster volume set dis-rep features.shard on > gluster volume set dis-rep features.shard-block-size 16MB > > How are the existing image files handled? > Do i need to start rebalance to convert existing files? > > Or is it better to start with an empty volume? > If so, why? > > > -- > Regards > André > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx> > http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users > > -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen André Bauer MAGIX Software GmbH André Bauer Administrator August-Bebel-Straße 48 01219 Dresden GERMANY tel.: 0351 41884875 e-mail: abauer@xxxxxxxxx abauer@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:Email> www.magix.com <http://www.magix.com/> Geschäftsführer | Managing Directors: Dr. Arnd Schröder, Klaus Schmidt Amtsgericht | Commercial Register: Berlin Charlottenburg, HRB 127205 Find us on: <http://www.facebook.com/MAGIX> <http://www.twitter.com/magix_de> <http://www.youtube.com/wwwmagixcom> <http://www.magixmagazin.de> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this email is intended only for the addressee named above. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. MAGIX does not warrant that any attachments are free from viruses or other defects and accepts no liability for any losses resulting from infected email transmissions. Please note that any views expressed in this email may be those of the originator and do not necessarily represent the agenda of the company. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Gluster-users mailing list Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users