Re: [ceph-users] Tips for faster openstack instance boot

2016-02-09 Thread Josef Johansson
The biggest question here is if the OS is using systemctl or not. Cl7 boots extremely quick but our cl6 instances take up to 90 seconds if the cluster has work to do. I know there a lot to do in the init as well with boot profiling etc that could help. /Josef On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 17:11 Vickey Sing

Re: [ceph-users] Tips for faster openstack instance boot

2016-02-09 Thread Jason Dillaman
Dillaman - Original Message - > From: "Vickey Singh" > To: "Jason Dillaman" > Cc: ceph-users@lists.ceph.com, "ceph-users" > Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2016 11:11:31 AM > Subject: Re: [ceph-users] Tips for faster openstack instance boot >

Re: [ceph-users] Tips for faster openstack instance boot

2016-02-09 Thread Vickey Singh
Guys Thanks a lot for your response. We are running OpenStack Juno + Ceph 94.5 @Jason Dillaman Can you please explain what do you mean by "Glance is configured to cache your RBD image" ? This might give me some clue. Many Thanks. On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 10:33 PM, Jason Dillaman wrote: > If No

Re: [ceph-users] Tips for faster openstack instance boot

2016-02-08 Thread Jeff Bailey
Your glance images need to be raw, also. A QCOW image will be copied/converted. On 2/8/2016 3:33 PM, Jason Dillaman wrote: If Nova and Glance are properly configured, it should only require a quick clone of the Glance image to create your Nova ephemeral image. Have you double-checked your c

Re: [ceph-users] Tips for faster openstack instance boot

2016-02-08 Thread Jason Dillaman
If Nova and Glance are properly configured, it should only require a quick clone of the Glance image to create your Nova ephemeral image. Have you double-checked your configuration against the documentation [1]? What version of OpenStack are you using? To answer your questions: > - From Ceph

Re: [ceph-users] Tips for faster openstack instance boot

2016-02-08 Thread Heath Albritton
I'm not sure what's normal, but I'm on Openstack Juno with ceph .94.5 using separate pools for nova, glance, and cinder. Takes 16 seconds to start an instance (el7 minimal). Everything is on 10GE and I'm using cache tiering, which I'm sure speeds things up. Can personally verify that COW is work