On Sep 17, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Mark Murawski <markm-li...@intellasoft.net> wrote:

> > Does/should a balance imply removal of missing devices (as long as the 
> > minimum number of devices are still available)?
> 
> That's a really good question.  As a user I would expect it to balance over 
> remaining devices assuming you still have a complete picture. Doing a device 
> delete missing after a balance should be just some pool metadata updates at 
> that point.
> 
> Anyway... I solved my problem by moving/deleting files to free up space to 
> the point that balance no longer complained about enospc.

Another option in such a case is to add a new device. It can be small, even a 
2GB loop device or USB stick would do it in a bind. Then delete the device when 
you're done.


Chris Murphy

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