Re: [ceph-users] A few questions about using SSD for bluestore journal

2018-08-17 Thread Cody
Thanks Satish and Alfredo for your replies. That really helped! On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 8:04 AM Alfredo Deza wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 4:44 PM, Cody wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > As a newbie, I have some questions about using SSD as the Bluestore > > journal device. > > > > 1. Is

Re: [ceph-users] A few questions about using SSD for bluestore journal

2018-08-17 Thread Alfredo Deza
On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 4:44 PM, Cody wrote: > Hi everyone, > > As a newbie, I have some questions about using SSD as the Bluestore > journal device. > > 1. Is there a formula to calculate the optimal size of partitions on > the SSD for each OSD, given their capacity and IO performance? Or is >

Re: [ceph-users] A few questions about using SSD for bluestore journal

2018-08-16 Thread Satish Patel
Eugen you beat me!!! On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 6:37 PM, Satish Patel wrote: > I am new too but i had same question and this is my opinion (i would > wait for other people to correct me or add more) > > A1. I didn't find any formula but i believe 10 to 20G is more than > enough for each OSD ( there

Re: [ceph-users] A few questions about using SSD for bluestore journal

2018-08-16 Thread Satish Patel
I am new too but i had same question and this is my opinion (i would wait for other people to correct me or add more) A1. I didn't find any formula but i believe 10 to 20G is more than enough for each OSD ( there are some variation like how long you going to hold data etc..) A2. basic rule is 5

Re: [ceph-users] A few questions about using SSD for bluestore journal

2018-08-16 Thread Eugen Block
Hi, 1. Is there a formula to calculate the optimal size of partitions on the SSD for each OSD, given their capacity and IO performance? Or is there a rule of thumb on this? Wido and probably some other users already mentioned 10 GB per 1 TB OSD (1/100th of the OSD). Regarding the WAL size,

[ceph-users] A few questions about using SSD for bluestore journal

2018-08-16 Thread Cody
Hi everyone, As a newbie, I have some questions about using SSD as the Bluestore journal device. 1. Is there a formula to calculate the optimal size of partitions on the SSD for each OSD, given their capacity and IO performance? Or is there a rule of thumb on this? 2. Is there a formula to find