On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 23:29 +0200, Mailer PH wrote: > Thanks , NP.
> On the MTD ? or on all OST's ? On whatever node you are trying to re-use/re-deploy. I'm afraid I forget the context of your original question. > I meant that it is not possible to stripe existing file , Right. Once a file is created, you cannot change it's striping policy without re-creating it. You could achieve that with a simple: $ lfs setstripe foo <stripe params> $ cp $file foo $ mv foo $file > just to create new file Right. > So i was wondering what is a best practic for stripe existing file As above. > It doesnt matter that the file will get the new setting from this > point on as long as it will get the stripe config at the end No, that is not supported. A file has to have a consistent striping policy from start to end which is why you cannot specify the striping on an existing file using lfs setstripe. b.
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