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[Mark.Abrahamson@xxxxxxxx]

Hi-

I am trying to get a better understanding of how Swift recovers from 
failure.   I've read the documentation, but the process is still somewhat 
unclear.

I have a simple 5-node Swift cluster deployed with a replica count of 3 (3 
zones and 2 handoff zones for a total of 5).    I load the cluster with 
some test data, and then on one of the nodes I shutdown swift and rsync. I 
then purge the account, container, and object data from the node I 
shutdown.   When I start swift back up again on the purged node, how can I 
detect that replication has completed and the missing data has been 
restored to the node that I purged?

Thanks in advance for your assistance.