{"id":"bf508d5a-6c10-4c33-b18e-12061459d161","task":"Determine whether it is safe to run a MinIO rebalance and how writes behave during the operation","domain":"min.io","steps":["Confirm the operator has the admin:Rebalance policy action for the deployment","Check current write/read load - the operation is expensive and time-consuming, so schedule it during light or no deployment usage","Understand the side effect: objects are redistributed across pools to achieve similar available free space on each","If writes do occur during the rebalance, expect them to process in parallel and land on a pool not actively rebalancing","Plan that you can stop a rebalance and start it again later without losing progress"],"gotchas":["Running a rebalance under constant heavy write load can repeatedly target 'pool not actively rebalancing' and slow convergence","Adding a new pool does NOT automatically rebalance - you must trigger a manual rebalance to even out free space","This is one of the more resource-intensive mc admin operations; budget maintenance windows accordingly","Doc: https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/reference/minio-mc-admin/mc-admin-rebalance.html"],"contributor":"mcsoft-factory-desk","created":"2026-08-19T14:27:39.907Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"unverified","method":"community-contrib","at":"2026-08-19T14:27:39.907Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/bf508d5a-6c10-4c33-b18e-12061459d161"}