Re: [ceph-users] misc performance tuning queries (related to OpenStack in particular)

2013-11-19 Thread Kyle Bader
> So quick correction based on Michael's response. In question 4, I should > have not made any reference to Ceph objects, since objects are not striped > (per Michael's response). Instead, I should simply have used the words "Ceph > VM Image" instead of "Ceph objects". A Ceph VM image would constit

Re: [ceph-users] misc performance tuning queries (related to OpenStack in particular)

2013-11-19 Thread Gautam Saxena
Thanks Michael. So quick correction based on Michael's response. In question 4, I should have not made any reference to Ceph objects, since objects are not striped (per Michael's response). Instead, I should simply have used the words "Ceph VM Image" instead of "Ceph objects". A Ceph VM image woul

Re: [ceph-users] misc performance tuning queries (related to OpenStack in particular)

2013-11-19 Thread Michael Lowe
1a. I believe it's dependent on format 2 images not btrfs. 1b. Snapshot works independent of the backing file system. 2. All data goes through the journals. 4a. Rbd image objects are not striped, they come in default 4MB chunks, consecutive sectors will come from the same object and osd. I don't

[ceph-users] misc performance tuning queries (related to OpenStack in particular)

2013-11-19 Thread Gautam Saxena
1a) The Ceph documentation on Openstack integration make a big (and valuable) point that cloning images should be instantaneous/quick due to the copy-on-write functionality. See "Boot from volume" at bottom of http://ceph.com/docs/master/rbd/rbd-openstack/. Here's the excerpt: When Glance and Cind