On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 12:12 PM, baijiaruo@xxxxxxx <baijiaruo@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Re: what's the difference between pg and pgp? pg-num is the number of PGs, pgp-num is the number of PGs that will be considered for placement, i.e. it's the pgp-num value that is used by CRUSH, not pg-num. For example, consider pg-num = 1024 and pgp-num = 1. In that case you will see 1024 PGs but all of those PGs will map to the same set of OSDs. When you increase pg-num you are splitting PGs, when you increase pgp-num you are moving them, i.e. changing sets of OSDs they map to. Thanks, Ilya _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com