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diff --git a/doc/book/operations/multi-hdd.md b/doc/book/operations/multi-hdd.md index 5f952262..36445b0a 100644 --- a/doc/book/operations/multi-hdd.md +++ b/doc/book/operations/multi-hdd.md @@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ To rebalance data, two strategies can be used: Garage checks whether the existing copy is in the primary directory of the slice or in a secondary directory. If the current copy is in a secondary directory, Garage re-writes a copy in the primary directory and deletes the one from the - secondary directory. + secondary directory. This might never end up rebalancing everything if there + are data blocks that are only read and never written. - Active rebalancing: an operator of a Garage node can explicitly launch a repair procedure that rebalances the data directories, moving all blocks to their @@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ it might still contain subdirectories, but no data files. You can check that it contains no files using: ```bash -find -type f /path/to/old_data +find -type f /path/to/old_data # should not print anything ``` at which point it can be removed from the `data_dir` list in your config file. |