How to append a new disk to an existing folder
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I have a server with a program which rapidly writes data to a folder. I attached a new disk to the server, mounted it and now I want it to expand or replace the folder with data. The program works with hardcoded folder names and I don't really want to stop it copy the files to new disk and symlink them to address of the old folder.
My original way would be like this:
rsync -avxP --progress /data/oldsrc /mnt/newsrc/
rm -rf /data/oldsrc
ln -s /mnt/newsrc /data/oldsrc
Is there any way to do this without moving/copying old files, removing them from source and linking from new disk to old folder?
Edit: I need all the data in the old folder to be accessible by the program.
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Mustafa Yılmaz
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I have a server with a program which rapidly writes data to a folder. I attached a new disk to the server, mounted it and now I want it to expand or replace the folder with data. The program works with hardcoded folder names and I don't really want to stop it copy the files to new disk and symlink them to address of the old folder.
My original way would be like this:
rsync -avxP --progress /data/oldsrc /mnt/newsrc/
rm -rf /data/oldsrc
ln -s /mnt/newsrc /data/oldsrc
Is there any way to do this without moving/copying old files, removing them from source and linking from new disk to old folder?
Edit: I need all the data in the old folder to be accessible by the program.
linux rsync symlink storage
asked Dec 7 at 8:46
Mustafa Yılmaz
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Can't you unmount/data/oldsrc/and mount/mnt/newsrcinstead?
– Panki
Dec 7 at 9:29
@Panki i need all the data inside the old folder accessible. Editing my question.
– Mustafa Yılmaz
Dec 7 at 9:41
Is it an LVM filesystem structure? Kindly post the output ofdf -Th.
– erTugRul
Dec 7 at 9:53
@erTugRul nah it's an EXT4 drive./dev/sda3 ext4 309G 286G 6,6G 98% /
– Mustafa Yılmaz
Dec 7 at 10:20
No. You should stop the software that is writing. Then tar up the contents of the directory, delete the contents of the directory, mount the new disk in the directory, unpack the tar archive, and then start the software.
– Christopher
Dec 10 at 14:56
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I have a server with a program which rapidly writes data to a folder. I attached a new disk to the server, mounted it and now I want it to expand or replace the folder with data. The program works with hardcoded folder names and I don't really want to stop it copy the files to new disk and symlink them to address of the old folder.
My original way would be like this:
rsync -avxP --progress /data/oldsrc /mnt/newsrc/
rm -rf /data/oldsrc
ln -s /mnt/newsrc /data/oldsrc
Is there any way to do this without moving/copying old files, removing them from source and linking from new disk to old folder?
Edit: I need all the data in the old folder to be accessible by the program.
linux rsync symlink storage
asked Dec 7 at 8:46
Mustafa Yılmaz
12
I have a server with a program which rapidly writes data to a folder. I attached a new disk to the server, mounted it and now I want it to expand or replace the folder with data. The program works with hardcoded folder names and I don't really want to stop it copy the files to new disk and symlink them to address of the old folder.
My original way would be like this:
rsync -avxP --progress /data/oldsrc /mnt/newsrc/
rm -rf /data/oldsrc
ln -s /mnt/newsrc /data/oldsrc
Is there any way to do this without moving/copying old files, removing them from source and linking from new disk to old folder?
Edit: I need all the data in the old folder to be accessible by the program.
linux rsync symlink storage
linux rsync symlink storage
asked Dec 7 at 8:46
Mustafa Yılmaz
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asked Dec 7 at 8:46
Mustafa Yılmaz
12
edited Dec 7 at 9:42
asked Dec 7 at 8:46
Mustafa Yılmaz
12
asked Dec 7 at 8:46
Mustafa Yılmaz
12
asked Dec 7 at 8:46
Mustafa Yılmaz
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Can't you unmount/data/oldsrc/and mount/mnt/newsrcinstead?
– Panki
Dec 7 at 9:29
@Panki i need all the data inside the old folder accessible. Editing my question.
– Mustafa Yılmaz
Dec 7 at 9:41
Is it an LVM filesystem structure? Kindly post the output ofdf -Th.
– erTugRul
Dec 7 at 9:53
@erTugRul nah it's an EXT4 drive./dev/sda3 ext4 309G 286G 6,6G 98% /
– Mustafa Yılmaz
Dec 7 at 10:20
No. You should stop the software that is writing. Then tar up the contents of the directory, delete the contents of the directory, mount the new disk in the directory, unpack the tar archive, and then start the software.
– Christopher
Dec 10 at 14:56
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Can't you unmount/data/oldsrc/and mount/mnt/newsrcinstead?
– Panki
Dec 7 at 9:29
@Panki i need all the data inside the old folder accessible. Editing my question.
– Mustafa Yılmaz
Dec 7 at 9:41
Is it an LVM filesystem structure? Kindly post the output ofdf -Th.
– erTugRul
Dec 7 at 9:53
@erTugRul nah it's an EXT4 drive./dev/sda3 ext4 309G 286G 6,6G 98% /
– Mustafa Yılmaz
Dec 7 at 10:20
No. You should stop the software that is writing. Then tar up the contents of the directory, delete the contents of the directory, mount the new disk in the directory, unpack the tar archive, and then start the software.
– Christopher
Dec 10 at 14:56
Can't you unmount
/data/oldsrc/and mount /mnt/newsrc instead?– Panki
Dec 7 at 9:29
Can't you unmount
/data/oldsrc/and mount /mnt/newsrc instead?– Panki
Dec 7 at 9:29
@Panki i need all the data inside the old folder accessible. Editing my question.
– Mustafa Yılmaz
Dec 7 at 9:41
@Panki i need all the data inside the old folder accessible. Editing my question.
– Mustafa Yılmaz
Dec 7 at 9:41
Is it an LVM filesystem structure? Kindly post the output of
df -Th.– erTugRul
Dec 7 at 9:53
Is it an LVM filesystem structure? Kindly post the output of
df -Th.– erTugRul
Dec 7 at 9:53
@erTugRul nah it's an EXT4 drive.
/dev/sda3 ext4 309G 286G 6,6G 98% /– Mustafa Yılmaz
Dec 7 at 10:20
@erTugRul nah it's an EXT4 drive.
/dev/sda3 ext4 309G 286G 6,6G 98% /– Mustafa Yılmaz
Dec 7 at 10:20
No. You should stop the software that is writing. Then tar up the contents of the directory, delete the contents of the directory, mount the new disk in the directory, unpack the tar archive, and then start the software.
– Christopher
Dec 10 at 14:56
No. You should stop the software that is writing. Then tar up the contents of the directory, delete the contents of the directory, mount the new disk in the directory, unpack the tar archive, and then start the software.
– Christopher
Dec 10 at 14:56
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Can't you unmount
/data/oldsrc/and mount/mnt/newsrcinstead?– Panki
Dec 7 at 9:29
@Panki i need all the data inside the old folder accessible. Editing my question.
– Mustafa Yılmaz
Dec 7 at 9:41
Is it an LVM filesystem structure? Kindly post the output of
df -Th.– erTugRul
Dec 7 at 9:53
@erTugRul nah it's an EXT4 drive.
/dev/sda3 ext4 309G 286G 6,6G 98% /– Mustafa Yılmaz
Dec 7 at 10:20
No. You should stop the software that is writing. Then tar up the contents of the directory, delete the contents of the directory, mount the new disk in the directory, unpack the tar archive, and then start the software.
– Christopher
Dec 10 at 14:56