> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Ted <underhi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I would like to have a working cluster with 2 servers.  No worries about
> the
> > lost chunks from the down server since this is a test system (I was
> bummed
> > because the db was almost at a 1B rows).

> > Do I change owners or just delete the chunk's existence on the config
> > server?

> > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Eliot Horowitz <eliothorow...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:

> >> What state do you want to end up?
> >> You can do some hackery on the config db if you need?

> >> i.e. shutdown all shards + mongos
> >>     remove that shard from the shards collection
> >>     change the owner of all chunks that were on that shard somewhere
> else

> >> obviously on a live system that would cause havoc, but should work

> >> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Ted <underhi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I read through the thread a little too quick.  What should I do if I
> >> > don't
> >> > have a replacement server?

> >> > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Alvin Richards <al...@10gen.com>
> wrote:

> >> >> Yes, this is the best way to deal with this.

> >> >> -Alvin

> >> >> On Jan 5, 10:47 am, Ted <underhi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi,

> >> >> > I have a test cluster running 1.6.5 with 3 servers.  One of the
> shard
> >> >> > servers died with no chance of recovery.

> >> >> > Is this post (http://groups.google.com/group/mongodb-user/

> browse_thread/thread/f76f1d8504101243/59633b2d68f6db1d?lnk=gst&q=failed
> >> >> > +shard+server#59633b2d68f6db1d) the best way to handle this
> >> >> > situation?

> >> >> > I just want to get the cluster going again and ignore the lost
> data.

> >> >> > Thanks.

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