Re: [ceph-users] Ceph monitor problems

2013-10-30 Thread Mike Dawson
Aaron, Don't mistake valid for advisable. For documentation purposes, three monitors is the advisable initial configuration for multi-node ceph clusters. If there is a valid need for more than three monitors, it is advisable to add them two at a time to maintain an odd number of total monitor

Re: [ceph-users] Ceph monitor problems

2013-10-30 Thread Joao Eduardo Luis
On 10/30/2013 08:46 PM, Aaron Ten Clay wrote: On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Joao Eduardo Luis mailto:joao.l...@inktank.com>> wrote: A quorum of 2 monitors is completely fine as long as both monitors are up. A quorum is always possible regardless of how many monitors you have, as

Re: [ceph-users] Ceph monitor problems

2013-10-30 Thread Aaron Ten Clay
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Joao Eduardo Luis wrote: > > A quorum of 2 monitors is completely fine as long as both monitors are up. > A quorum is always possible regardless of how many monitors you have, as > long as a majority is up and able to form it (1 out of 1, 2 out of 2, 2 out > of 3,

Re: [ceph-users] Ceph monitor problems

2013-10-30 Thread Joao Eduardo Luis
On 10/30/2013 04:39 PM, Aaron Ten Clay wrote: It sounds like you tried to go from 1 monitor to 2 monitors, which is an unsupported configuration as far as I am aware. You must have either 1, or 3 or more monitors for a quorum to be possible. A quorum of 2 monitors is completely fine as long as

Re: [ceph-users] Ceph monitor problems

2013-10-30 Thread Karan Singh
ceph-users@lists.ceph.comSubject: Re: [ceph-users] Ceph monitor problems Hi AW Did you check on firewall ( iptables ) between the nodes. If this is a test cluster disable iptables and try. RegardsKaran Singh From: "alistair whittle" <alistair.whit...@barclays.com>To: ceph-users@lists.c

Re: [ceph-users] Ceph monitor problems

2013-10-30 Thread Aaron Ten Clay
From:* Karan Singh [mailto:ksi...@csc.fi] > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 30, 2013 2:49 PM > *To:* Whittle, Alistair: Investment Bank (LDN) > *Cc:* ceph-users@lists.ceph.com > *Subject:* Re: [ceph-users] Ceph monitor problems > > ** ** > > Hi AW > > ** ** > > Di

Re: [ceph-users] Ceph monitor problems

2013-10-30 Thread alistair.whittle
: Investment Bank (LDN) Cc: ceph-users@lists.ceph.com Subject: Re: [ceph-users] Ceph monitor problems Hi AW Did you check on firewall ( iptables ) between the nodes. If this is a test cluster disable iptables and try. Regards Karan Singh From: "alistair wh

Re: [ceph-users] Ceph monitor problems

2013-10-30 Thread alistair.whittle
t;mailto:ceph-users@lists.ceph.com> Sent: Wednesday, 30 October, 2013 4:20:27 PM Subject: [ceph-users] Ceph monitor problems All, My ceph cluster is failing to respond to calls for health status etc. It simply hangs at each command and then tells me there is an error connecting to the cluster.

Re: [ceph-users] Ceph monitor problems

2013-10-30 Thread Karan Singh
ceph-users] Ceph monitor problems All, My ceph cluster is failing to respond to calls for health status etc. It simply hangs at each command and then tells me there is an error connecting to the cluster. I assume that it is because I tried to add a second monitor which seemed to hang

[ceph-users] Ceph monitor problems

2013-10-30 Thread alistair.whittle
All, My ceph cluster is failing to respond to calls for health status etc. It simply hangs at each command and then tells me there is an error connecting to the cluster. I assume that it is because I tried to add a second monitor which seemed to hang during the "hunting" phase. I eventually