Re: [ceph-users] Number of PGs: fix from start or change as we grow ?

2016-08-03 Thread Christian Balzer
Hello, On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 15:15:21 +0300 Maged Mokhtar wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to build a small cluster with 20 disks to start but in the > future would like to gradually increase it to maybe 200 disks. > Is it better to fix the number of PGs in the pool from the beginning or is it >

Re: [ceph-users] Number of PGs: fix from start or change as we grow ?

2016-08-03 Thread Luis Periquito
Changing the number of PGs is one of the most expensive operations you can run, and should be avoided as much as possible. Having said that you should try to avoid having way too many PGs with very few OSDs, but it's certainly preferable to splitting PGs... On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Maged M

[ceph-users] Number of PGs: fix from start or change as we grow ?

2016-08-03 Thread Maged Mokhtar
Hello, I would like to build a small cluster with 20 disks to start but in the future would like to gradually increase it to maybe 200 disks. Is it better to fix the number of PGs in the pool from the beginning or is it better to start with a small number and then gradually change the number of