Re: [Gluster-users] file shred

2017-11-09 Thread Kingsley Tart
> When I strace `shred filename`, it just seems to write + fsync random > values into the file based on some seed from /dev/urandom. Since these > are normal syscalls, and since gluster just sends these FOPS to the > bricks, it should work fine. > All caveats listed in `man shred` for the

Re: [Gluster-users] file shred

2017-11-09 Thread Ravishankar N
On 11/08/2017 11:36 PM, Kingsley Tart wrote: Hi, if we were to use shred to delete a file on a gluster volume, will the correct blocks be overwritten on the bricks? (still using Gluster 3.6.3 as have been too cautious to upgrade a mission critical live system). When I strace `shred

[Gluster-users] file shred

2017-11-08 Thread Kingsley Tart
Hi, if we were to use shred to delete a file on a gluster volume, will the correct blocks be overwritten on the bricks? (still using Gluster 3.6.3 as have been too cautious to upgrade a mission critical live system). Cheers, Kingsley. ___