On Mon, 2020-05-25 at 19:36 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > - the users that would download raw OpenStack images would be > > mainly > > those willing to store them with Ceph as a backend (where sparse > > files > > don't exist anyways, unless I'm mistaking). > > Sorry, but this is bullshit. Ceph RBD will try to store only the > minimal amount of data. A RBD image is sliced into a lot of raw > objects > and missing ones are considered holes. It's even written in the > manpage:
No, this isn't bullshit. While Ceph RBD may only store the actual data, you need to upload the complete image. Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Ruthven, Wellington, New Zealand [email protected] | linux.conf.au 2021, Canberra, AU Catalyst Cloud: | http://lca2021.linux.org.au/ https://catalystcloud.nz |
