Hi,

It is indeed possible that mapping fails if there are just enough racks to 
match the constraint. And the probability of a bad mapping increases when the 
number of PG increases because there is a need for more mapping. You can tell 
crush to try harder with 

step set_chooseleaf_tries 10

Be careful though : increasing this number will change mapping. It will not 
just fix the bad mappings you're seeing, it will also change the mappings that 
succeeded with a lower value. Once you've set this parameter, it cannot be 
modified.

Would you mind sharing the erasure code profile you plan to work with ?

Cheers

On 09/09/2014 12:39, Lei Dong wrote:
> Hi ceph users:
> 
> I want to create a customized crush rule for my EC pool (with replica_size = 
> 11) to distribute replicas into 6 different Racks. 
> 
> I use the following rule at first:
> 
> Step take default  // root
> Step choose firstn 6 type rack// 6 racks, I have and only have 6 racks
> Step chooseleaf indep 2 type osd // 2 osds per rack 
> Step emit
> 
> I looks fine and works fine when PG num is small. 
> But when pg num increase, there are always some PGs which can not take all 
> the 6 racks. 
> It looks like “Step choose firstn 6 type rack” sometimes returns only 5 racks.
> After some investigation,  I think it may caused by collision of choices.
> 
> Then I come up with another solution to solve collision like this:
> 
> Step take rack0
> Step chooseleaf indep 2 type osd
> Step emit
> Step take rack1
> ….
> (manually take every rack)
> 
> This won’t cause rack collision, because I specify rack by name at first. But 
> the problem is that osd in rack0 will always be primary osd because I choose 
> from rack0 first.
> 
> So the question is what is the recommended way to meet such a need 
> (distribute 11 replicas into 6 racks evenly in case of rack failure)?
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> LeiDong
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Loïc Dachary, Artisan Logiciel Libre

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