On Mon, 18 Aug 2014, John Morris wrote: > rule by_bank { > ruleset 3 > type replicated > min_size 3 > max_size 4 > step take default > step choose firstn 0 type bank > step choose firstn 0 type osd > step emit > } You probably want: step choose firstn 0 type bank step choose firstn 1 type osd I.e., 3 (or 4) banks, and 1 osd in each.. not 3 banks with 3 osds in each or 4 banks with 4 osds in each (for a total of 9 or 16 OSDs). sage