Re: [ceph-users] Qemu+RBD recommended cache mode and AIO settings

2016-03-22 Thread Ilya Dryomov
On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 4:48 PM, Jason Dillaman wrote: >> Hi Jason, >> >> Le 22/03/2016 14:12, Jason Dillaman a écrit : >> > >> > We actually recommend that OpenStack be configured to use writeback cache >> > [1]. If the guest OS is properly issuing flush requests, the cache will >> > still provi

Re: [ceph-users] Qemu+RBD recommended cache mode and AIO settings

2016-03-22 Thread Jason Dillaman
> Hi Jason, > > Le 22/03/2016 14:12, Jason Dillaman a écrit : > > > > We actually recommend that OpenStack be configured to use writeback cache > > [1]. If the guest OS is properly issuing flush requests, the cache will > > still provide crash-consistency. By default, the cache will automaticall

Re: [ceph-users] Qemu+RBD recommended cache mode and AIO settings

2016-03-22 Thread Loris Cuoghi
Hi Jason, Le 22/03/2016 14:12, Jason Dillaman a écrit : We actually recommend that OpenStack be configured to use writeback cache [1]. If the guest OS is properly issuing flush requests, the cache will still provide crash-consistency. By default, the cache will automatically start up in wr

Re: [ceph-users] Qemu+RBD recommended cache mode and AIO settings

2016-03-22 Thread Jason Dillaman
> > I've been looking on the internet regarding two settings which might > > influence > > performance with librbd. > > > > When attaching a disk with Qemu you can set a few things: > > - cache > > - aio > > > > The default for libvirt (in both CloudStack and OpenStack) for 'cache' is > > 'none'. I

Re: [ceph-users] Qemu+RBD recommended cache mode and AIO settings

2016-03-22 Thread Loris Cuoghi
Hi Wido, Le 22/03/2016 13:52, Wido den Hollander a écrit : Hi, I've been looking on the internet regarding two settings which might influence performance with librbd. When attaching a disk with Qemu you can set a few things: - cache - aio The default for libvirt (in both CloudStack and OpenSt

[ceph-users] Qemu+RBD recommended cache mode and AIO settings

2016-03-22 Thread Wido den Hollander
Hi, I've been looking on the internet regarding two settings which might influence performance with librbd. When attaching a disk with Qemu you can set a few things: - cache - aio The default for libvirt (in both CloudStack and OpenStack) for 'cache' is 'none'. Is that still the recommend value