Sage, Here is some estimate probably how much extra (space wise) we are writing with Bluestore. Considering Rocksdb has not much space amp for level style compaction , these are mostly the metadata Bluestore is writing. BlueStore: ---------------- root@stormeap-1:~/fio_rbd/fio/examples# ceph df 2016-08-17 11:00:57.936952 7f5c39a2b700 -1 WARNING: the following dangerous and experimental features are enabled: bluestore,rocksdb 2016-08-17 11:00:57.939969 7f5c39a2b700 -1 WARNING: the following dangerous and experimental features are enabled: bluestore,rocksdb 2016-08-17 11:00:57.941269 7f5c39a2b700 -1 WARNING: the following dangerous and experimental features are enabled: bluestore,rocksdb GLOBAL: SIZE AVAIL RAW USED %RAW USED 106T 22411G 86867G 79.49 POOLS: NAME ID USED %USED MAX AVAIL OBJECTS recovery_test 1 39062G 71.49 6290G 10000003 So, if we trust the statfs implementation of Bluestore , it is writing ~8743 GB more. Total data = image size of 39062 GB * replication 2 = ~78124 GB. So, ~11.19% more. BTW, this is after 1MB image preconditioning only, filling with 4K blocksize will be adding more metadata. Filestore: ----------- GLOBAL: SIZE AVAIL RAW USED %RAW USED 109T 34443G 78147G 69.41 POOLS: NAME ID USED %USED MAX AVAIL OBJECTS recovery_test 2 39062G 69.39 12930G 10000003 So, in the similar setup , filestore is writing only ~23GB extra and i.e ~0.029% Thanks & Regards Somnath PLEASE NOTE: The information contained in this electronic mail message is intended only for the use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this message in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender by telephone or e-mail (as shown above) immediately and destroy any and all copies of this message in your possession (whether hard copies or electronically stored copies). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html