Chapter 4. Resource Types

4.1. brick
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The brick resource type groups all Gluster bricks in a Red Hat Virtualization environment.

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Table 4.1. Gluster brick parameters
Name	Type	Description	Required	User Creatable	User Updatable
`--server_id`	string	The address of the Gluster server.	Yes	Yes	No
`--brick_dir`	string	The brick's directory on the Gluster server.	Yes	Yes	No
`--replica_count`	integer	Defines the file replication count for a replicated volume.	No	Yes	No
`--stripe_count`	Integer	Defines the stripe count for a striped volume	No	Yes	No

The following table lists additional glustervolume options for resource-based commands.

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Table 4.2. Additional command options
Option	Description
`--cluster-identifier`	Reference to the `cluster` that contains a `glustervolume` sub-resource.
`--glustervolume-identifier`	Adds the brick to a `glustervolume` as a sub-resource.

Example 4.1. Creating a bricks

[RHEVM shell (connected)]# add brick --cluster-identifier Default --glustervolume-identifier GlusterVol1 --server_id="server1" --brick_dir="/exp1"