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 Resizing the metadata cluster
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Adding new MDSes
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Setting up standby and standby-replay MDSes
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Removing MDSes
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.. topic:: Status as of 2011-09:

   You can remove an MDS from the system by executing "ceph mds deactivate x",
   where x is numerical ID of the MDS to shut down.
   Beware: shrinking the number of MDSes is not well tested.