2016-12-16 9:33 GMT+01:00 Wido den Hollander <w...@42on.com>: > > > Op 16 december 2016 om 9:26 schreef Alessandro Brega < > alessandro.bre...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > I'm running a ceph cluster using 0.94.9-1trusty release on XFS for RBD > > only. I'd like to replace some SSDs because they are close to their TBW. > > > > I know I can simply shutdown the OSD, replace the SSD, restart the OSD > and > > ceph will take care of the rest. However I don't want to do it this way, > > because it leaves my cluster for the time of the rebalance/ backfilling > in > > a degraded state. > > > > I'm thinking about this process: > > 1. keep old OSD running > > 2. copy all data from current OSD folder to new OSD folder (using rsync) > > 3. shutdown old OSD > > 4. redo step 3 to update to the latest changes > > 5. restart OSD with new folder > > > > Are there any issues with this approach? Do I need any special rsync > flags > > (rsync -avPHAX --delete-during)? > > > > Indeed X for transferring xattrs, but also make sure that the partitions > are GPT with the proper GUIDs. > > I would never go for this approach in a running setup. Since it's a SSD > cluster I wouldn't worry about the rebalance and just have Ceph do the work > for you. > > Why not - if it's completely safe. It's much faster (local copy), doesn't put load on the network (local copy), much safer (2-3 minutes instead of 1-2 hours degraded time (2TB SSD)), and it's really simple (2 rsync commands). Thank you.
Alessandro
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