HI, you can try with 1 monitor node and 2 osd nodes minimum. and detailed instructions are given below.
http://karan-mj.blogspot.in/2013/12/what-is-ceph-ceph-is-open-source.html Srinivas. On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Cedric Lemarchand <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, > > Le 24/04/2014 12:39, Sakhi Hadebe a écrit : > > Hi, > > I am a new to the storage clucter concept. I have been task to test > CEPH. > > I have two DELL PE R515 machines running ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I understand > that I need to make one the admin node where I will be able to run all the > commands and the other node the server, where osd processes will be running. > > The admin node could be a Ceph monitor, so with 2 servers you can have > something like : > > - node1 : MON + 6 OSD > - node2 : 6 OSD > > Ceph monitors number need to be an odd number in order to satisfy the > quorum needs, thus if you don't want to have a SPOF with only one mon > (although its fine for testing purpose), you should add a third server > (could be less powerfull if it only act as a mon). As of my comprehension, > the best way to start a Ceph cluster is to have at least 3 nodes. > > Cheers > > > The machines have: 6 x 1TB HDDs, 2 x 8-core processors, and 128GB > Memory. How do I go about coming up with a working storage cluster? > > Any help/advise please > > Regards, > Sakhi Hadebe > SANReN Engineer - CSIR Meraka Institute > Tel: +27 12 841 2308 > Fax: +27 12 841 4223 > http://www.sanren.ac.za > > > -- > This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, > e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. > The full disclaimer details can be found at > http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. > > > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by > *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, > and is believed to be clean. > > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing > [email protected]http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com > > > -- > Cédric > > > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com > >
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