doc: documentation of rebalance repair

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as unrecoverable, and to delete them properly from the data store. This can be done as unrecoverable, and to delete them properly from the data store. This can be done
using the `garage block purge` command. using the `garage block purge` command.
## Rebalancing data directories
In [multi-HDD setups](@/documentation/operations/multi-hdd.md), to ensure that
data blocks are well balanced between storage locations, you may run a
rebalance operation using `garage repair rebalance`. This is usefull when
adding storage locations or when capacities of the storage locations have been
changed. Once this is finished, Garage will know for each block of a single
possible location where it can be, which can increase access speed. This
operation will also move out all data from locations marked as read-only.
# Metadata operations # Metadata operations