An RBD image is split up into (by default 4MB) objects within the OSDs. When you delete an RBD image, all the objects associated with the image are removed from the OSDs. The objects are not securely erased from the OSDs if that is what you are asking. -- Jason Dillaman Red Hat dillaman@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Giuseppe Civitella" <giuseppe.civitella@xxxxxxxxx> To: "ceph-users" <ceph-users@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 11:36:46 AM Subject: Rbd image's data deletion Hi all, what happens to data contained in an rbd image when the image itself gets deleted? Are the data just unlinked or are them destroyed in a way that make them unreadable? thanks Giuseppe _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com