Re: [ceph-users] Write barriers, controler cache and disk cache.

2015-10-05 Thread Jan Schermer
The controller might do several different things, you should first test how it behaves Does it flush data from cache to disk when instructed to? Most controllers ignore flushes in writeback mode (that is why they are so fast), which is both bad and good - bad when the controller dies but good f

[ceph-users] Write barriers, controler cache and disk cache.

2015-10-05 Thread Frédéric Nass
Hello, We are building a new Ceph cluster and have a few questions regarding the use of write barriers, controler cache, and disk cache (buffer). Greg said that barriers should be used (http://lists.ceph.com/pipermail/ceph-users-ceph.com/2013-July/002854.html) for data safety which is the de