Sorry if my question is not clear.

When I create a new replicated volume, using only 2 nodes, I use this command 
line : ‘gluster volume create vol_name replica 2 transport tcp 
server1:/export/brick1/1 server2:/export/brick1/1’

server1 and server2 are in 2 different datacenters.

Now, if I want to expand gluster volume, using 2 new servers (ex : server3 and 
server4) , I use those command lines :

‘gluster volume add-brick vol_name server3: /export/brick1/1’

‘gluster volume add-brick vol_name server4: /export/brick1/1’

‘gluster volume rebalance vol_name fix-layout start’

‘gluster volume rebalance vol_name  start’

How the rebalance command work ?

How to be sure that replicated data are not stored on servers hosted in the 
same datacenter ?



Sébastien



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> I do not understand why it could be a problem to place the data's

> replica on a different node group.

> If a group of node become unavailable (due to datacenter failure, for

> example) volume should remain online, using the second group.



I'm not sure what you're getting at here.  If you're talking about initial 
placement of replicas, we can place all members of each replica set in 
different node groups (e.g. racks).  If you're talking about adding new replica 
members when a previous one has failed, then the question is *when*.

Re-populating a new replica can be very expensive.  It's not worth starting if 
the previously failed replica is likely to come back before you're done.

We provide the tools (e.g. replace-brick) to deal with longer term or even 
permanent failures, but we don't re-replicate automatically.  Is that what 
you're talking about?
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