Delete a Brick

You can shrink volumes, as needed, while the cluster is online and available. For example, you might need to remove a brick that has become inaccessible in a distributed volume due to hardware or network failure.

Note: Data residing on the brick that you are removing will no longer be accessible; only the configuration information is removed - you can continue to access the data directly from the brick, as necessary.

To delete bricks from an existing volume, perform the following steps.

  1. Choose from the menu, toolbar, or right click and select the Volume and select Delete Bricks.
  2. If the volume is currently running, you are asked to confirm before deleting a brick.

    Delete Brick

  3. If you wish to delete the brick permanently, click Remove Bricks, Delete Data.
  4. If you wish to keep the data but delete the brick, click Remove Bricks, Keep Data.

    The Delete Brick window is displayed indicating that the volume was deleted successfully.

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  5. Click OK.