You really should, I believe the osd number is used in computing crush. Bad things will happen if you don't use sequential numbers.
On Oct 30, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Glen Aidukas <gaidu...@behaviormatrix.com> wrote: > I wanted to know, does the OSD numbering half to be sequential and what is > the highest usable number (2^16 or 2^32)? > > The reason is, I would like to use a numbering convention that reflects the > cluster number (assuming I will have more than one down the road; test, dev, > prod), the host and disk used by a given OSD. > > So, for example: osd.CHHHDD where: > C Cluster number 1-9 > HHH Host number IE: ceph001, ceph002, ... > DD Disk number on a given host Ex: 00 = /dev/sda or something like > this. > > If the highest number usable is 65534 or near that (2^16) then maybe I could > use format CHHDD or CHHHD where I could have clusters 1-5. > > The up side to this is I quickly know where osd.200503 is. It's on cluster 2 > host ceph005 and the third disk. Also, if I add a new disk on a middle host, > it doesn’t scatter the numbering to where I don't easily know were an OSD is. > I know I can always look this up but having it as part of the OSD number > makes life easier. :) > > Also, it might seem silly to have the first digit as a cluster number but I > think we probable can't pad the number with zeros so using an initial digit > of 1-9 cleans this up so I might as well use it to identify the cluster. > > This numbering system is not important for the monitors or metadata but could > help with the OSDs. > > -Glen > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list > ceph-users@lists.ceph.com > http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list ceph-users@lists.ceph.com http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com
