I just think that if we remove this from ceph-ansible (e.g: because this is a scenario we don't want to support anymore), then perhaps we should remove it from ceph-disk and ceph-deploy too. Moreover, with Bluestore, that feature will naturally go away ultimately. What do you think? On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 6:17 PM, Gregory Meno <gmeno@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Haven't seen any comments in a week. I'm going to cross-post this to ceph-devel > > Dear ceph-devel in an effort to simplify ceph-ansible I removed the > code that sets up directory backed OSDs. We found our that it was > being used in the following way. > > I would like to hear thoughts about this approach pro and con. > > cheers, > G > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Michael Gugino > <Michael.Gugino@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> All, >> >> Thank you for the responses and consideration. What we are doing is >> creating lvm volumes, mounting them, and using the mounts as directories >> for ceph-ansible. Our primary concern is the use of lvmcache. We’re >> using faster drives for the cache and slower drives for the backing >> volumes. >> >> We try to keep as few local patches as practical, and our initial >> rollout of lvmcache + ceph-ansible steered us towards osd_directory >> scenario. Currently, ceph-ansible does not allow use to use lvm in the >> way that we desire, but we are looking into submitting a PR to go that >> direction (at some point). >> >> As far as using the stable branches, I’m not entirely sure what our >> strategy going forward will be. Currently we are maintaining ceph-ansible >> branches based on ceph releases, not ceph-ansible releases. >> >> >> Michael Gugino >> Cloud Powered >> (540) 846-0304 Mobile >> >> Walmart ✻ >> Saving people money so they can live better. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 4/25/17, 4:51 PM, "Sebastien Han" <shan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>>One other argument to remove the osd directory scenario is BlueStore. >>>Luminous is around the corner and we strongly hope it'll be the >>>default object store. >>> >>>On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 7:40 PM, Gregory Meno <gmeno@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> Michael, >>>> >>>> I am naturally interested in the specifics of your use-case and would >>>> love to hear more about it. >>>> I think the desire to remove this scenario from the stable-2.2 release >>>> is low considering what you just shared. >>>> Would it be fair to ask that sharing your setup be the justification >>>> for restoring this functionality? >>>> Are you using the stable released bits already? I recommend doing so. >>>> >>>> +Seb +Alfredo >>>> >>>> cheers, >>>> Gregory >>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Michael Gugino >>>> <Michael.Gugino@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> Ceph-ansible community, >>>>> >>>>> I see that recently osd-directory scenario was removed from >>>>>deployment >>>>> options. We use this option in production, I will be submitting a >>>>>patch >>>>> and a small fix to re-add that scenario. We believe our use-case is >>>>> non-trivial, and we are hoping to share our setup with the community in >>>>> the near future once we get approval. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Michael Gugino >>>>> Cloud Powered >>>>> (540) 846-0304 Mobile >>>>> >>>>> Walmart ✻ >>>>> Saving people money so they can live better. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 4/18/17, 3:41 PM, "Ceph-ansible on behalf of Sebastien Han" >>>>> <ceph-ansible-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of shan@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>>>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Hi everyone, >>>>>> >>>>>>We are close from releasing the new ceph-ansible stable release. >>>>>>We are currently in a heavy QA phase where we are pushing new tags in >>>>>>the format of v2.2.x. >>>>>>The latest tag already points to stable-2.2 branch. >>>>>> >>>>>>Stay tuned, stable-2.2 is just around the corner. >>>>>>Thanks! >>>>>> >>>>>>-- >>>>>>Cheers >>>>>> >>>>>>–––––– >>>>>>Sébastien Han >>>>>>Principal Software Engineer, Storage Architect >>>>>> >>>>>>"Always give 100%. Unless you're giving blood." >>>>>> >>>>>>Mail: seb@xxxxxxxxxx >>>>>>Address: 11 bis, rue Roquépine - 75008 Paris >>>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>>Ceph-ansible mailing list >>>>>>Ceph-ansible@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>>>http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-ansible-ceph.com >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Ceph-ansible mailing list >>>>> Ceph-ansible@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>> http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-ansible-ceph.com >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>Cheers >>> >>>–––––– >>>Sébastien Han >>>Principal Software Engineer, Storage Architect >>> >>>"Always give 100%. Unless you're giving blood." >>> >>>Mail: seb@xxxxxxxxxx >>>Address: 11 bis, rue Roquépine - 75008 Paris >> > _______________________________________________ > Ceph-ansible mailing list > Ceph-ansible@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-ansible-ceph.com -- Cheers –––––– Sébastien Han Principal Software Engineer, Storage Architect "Always give 100%. 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