> >> It is difficult to believe that using slices (or partitions) makes > >> administration difficult. > > > > It is also difficult to believe that zfs is useful here. > > It is actually easier when you consider a typical proxmox cluster with openvz > and > kvm machines and recall that openvz currently requires simfs (btw: ploop is > out > of beta not and could be supported too). > > In a small cluster that runs a mixed load, there is no space for allocating > entire > disks to ceph. There is no need for that too. The key here is small: 3 to 6 > nodes > total.
Sorry, but you need at least 12 OSD to get reasonable performance. So you small clusters you need at least 4 Disks per node. Ceph people recommends at least 100 OSDs (one hundred) > >> To me this is a limiting factor without a tangible advantage. > > We do not set any limits on ceph - you can use the original packages like > > you > want. > > Following the same reasoning I could use openvz and kvm+qemu without > proxmox at all. I have done this is the past, but shall I do so now? > > What I am talking about is making proxmox a better fit for a more general > purpose. > > Che choice to limit osd to physical disks when there is no such limitation in > the > underlying technology is a plain arbitrary choice (political choice if you > wish) > which is actually removing from the potential customer base and not adding to > it. > > I really do not understand. No, it is not a plain arbitrary choice - we provide a GUI for that! If you want to manage OSDs on ZFS, please also provide patches to make the GUI able to manage that. _______________________________________________ pve-devel mailing list pve-devel@pve.proxmox.com http://pve.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-devel
