[ceph-users] Is Ceph appropriate for small installations?

2015-08-28 Thread Tony Nelson
I recently built a 3 node Proxmox cluster for my office. I'd like to get HA setup, and the Proxmox book recommends Ceph. I've been reading the documentation and watching videos, and I think I have a grasp on the basics, but I don't need anywhere near a petabyte of storage. I'm considering ser

Re: [ceph-users] Is Ceph appropriate for small installations?

2015-08-28 Thread John Spray
On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Tony Nelson wrote: > I recently built a 3 node Proxmox cluster for my office. I’d like to get HA > setup, and the Proxmox book recommends Ceph. I’ve been reading the > documentation and watching videos, and I think I have a grasp on the basics, > but I don’t need

Re: [ceph-users] Is Ceph appropriate for small installations?

2015-08-29 Thread Wido den Hollander
On 08/28/2015 05:37 PM, John Spray wrote: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Tony Nelson wrote: >> I recently built a 3 node Proxmox cluster for my office. I’d like to get HA >> setup, and the Proxmox book recommends Ceph. I’ve been reading the >> documentation and watching videos, and I think I

Re: [ceph-users] Is Ceph appropriate for small installations?

2015-08-30 Thread Lindsay Mathieson
On 29 August 2015 at 00:53, Tony Nelson wrote: > I recently built a 3 node Proxmox cluster for my office. I’d like to get > HA setup, and the Proxmox book recommends Ceph. I’ve been reading the > documentation and watching videos, and I think I have a grasp on the > basics, but I don’t need any

Re: [ceph-users] Is Ceph appropriate for small installations?

2015-08-30 Thread Alexandre DERUMIER
ot; Envoyé: Lundi 31 Août 2015 03:10:14 Objet: Re: [ceph-users] Is Ceph appropriate for small installations? On 29 August 2015 at 00:53, Tony Nelson < tnel...@starpoint.com > wrote: I recently built a 3 node Proxmox cluster for my office. I’d like to get HA setup, and the Proxmox book r

Re: [ceph-users] Is Ceph appropriate for small installations?

2015-08-31 Thread Wido den Hollander
c: "ceph-users" > Envoyé: Lundi 31 Août 2015 03:10:14 > Objet: Re: [ceph-users] Is Ceph appropriate for small installations? > > > On 29 August 2015 at 00:53, Tony Nelson < tnel...@starpoint.com > wrote: > > > > > I recently built a 3 node

Re: [ceph-users] Is Ceph appropriate for small installations?

2015-08-31 Thread Nasos Pan
aderum...@odiso.com > To: lindsay.mathie...@gmail.com > CC: ceph-users@lists.ceph.com > Subject: Re: [ceph-users] Is Ceph appropriate for small installations? > > >>True, true. But I personally think that Ceph doesn't perform well on > >>small <10 node clusters. >

Re: [ceph-users] Is Ceph appropriate for small installations?

2015-09-02 Thread Marcin Przyczyna
On 08/31/2015 09:39 AM, Wido den Hollander wrote: > True, but your performance is greatly impacted during recovery. So a > three node cluster might work well when the skies are clear and the sun > is shining, but it has a hard time dealing with a complete node failure. The question of "how tiny a

Re: [ceph-users] Is Ceph appropriate for small installations?

2015-09-02 Thread Janusz Borkowski
Hi! Do you have replication factor 2? To test recovery e.g. kill one OSD process, observe when ceph notices it and starts moving data. Reformat the OSD partition, remove the killed OSD from cluster, then add a new OSD using the freshly formatted partition. When you have again 3 OSDs, observe w

Re: [ceph-users] Is Ceph appropriate for small installations?

2015-09-02 Thread Marcin Przyczyna
On 09/02/2015 02:31 PM, Janusz Borkowski wrote: > Hi! > > Do you have replication factor 2? yes. ___ ceph-users mailing list ceph-users@lists.ceph.com http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com