Thank you! I w > On Dec 1, 2015, at 3:03 PM, Robert LeBlanc <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > The documentation is a little sparse in this regard, here is what I use: > > sgdisk --new=1:0:+10240M --change-name=1:"ceph journal" > --typecode=1:45b0969e-9b03-4f30-b4c6-b4b80ceff106 /dev/sdc > sgdisk --new=2:0:0 --change-name=2:"ceph data" > --typecode=2:4fbd7e29-9d25-41b8-afd0-062c0ceff05d /dev/sdc > > This creates a partition that is 10 GB from the front of the drive as > a journal, then uses the rest of the drive for an OSD. You can then > use ceph-disk prepare /dev/sdc2 [/dev/sdc1]. > > Adapt it to fit your needs. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: Mailvelope v1.3.0 > Comment: https://www.mailvelope.com > > wsFcBAEBCAAQBQJWXhkfCRDmVDuy+mK58QAAmEAP/2RtZfhDrnsS0ME3mya/ > uCYhiXbEdTk+mhmJokC00bHwiZczIf11OUcHIZahvQ/Z/a5ojLIIJWnaSNbc > TMLLiHvfbsm8Rs8cMKzpX0NuGgJNefS3M7XpnacgC6ZmE31Rtnd1bi7ThqnK > CYzgyS/m5kjmRVwJNr76PpGx6tPiFC3oZgDesq0bm0T97RDjfyYXB3wxkVWY > V3u51m7CLa9y3rvNbdGmwiWoR6jhmFMic5tCLJYD6zKnvhhq6P6OLM4RA+6P > quSaFUAmZ/JrMWPEY3/B+lRx3j4kdXue2OJIgRQf7XiSJpeubFgVGtxSzBYz > OYsV09fOpS7dLojXtmsrQekSIQIGqy3PZMl/WfQVNdQ+etVOenR+8CBhTTst > or8fu+s8n+T9brcvFP2cfwickF5Rp+tVc3d238l+Kbc4t6SLtx71q5/AiQpR > 8mEOvRHlTTxoaozleepuw7xnymnNShFogwzCXYj7DoaBMxTT4igWfHwWb5/I > 0R5bYkheBkYxLlVaf7faUWcjySwunW1SY/rc2FkUFe52VlZ5cbFfJ+ym0an5 > i5SdfLd0gk4zR5l35j7svdJZU9+QIZLcz/S12Nx5mwUxhnhEeqYMBS/ENSca > tKq4nlqyIGaCyDaLlcaECRLBjskrNRMeV7vnNUQ59BzJuMWOHhq571zHeXYO > tezS > =mxz9 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > ---------------- > Robert LeBlanc > PGP Fingerprint 79A2 9CA4 6CC4 45DD A904 C70E E654 3BB2 FA62 B9F1 > > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Marek Dohojda > <mdohojda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Thus far parted isn’t very nice with ext4, I suppose I could try to do so >> and the worst that would happen is me loosing 1 OSD, however in my tests >> this wasn’t very reliable. >> >> Non GPT partition, utilizing fdisk I can do this without a problem, but OSD >> requires GPT (to the best of my knowledge anyway). >> >> Hence why I would like to know if there is a way for me to do a partition >> from the get go. Since if the shrink doesn’t work my only other option is >> this. Unless of course I create a directory on the OSD file system and >> simlink the Spindle Journal within that new directory something like >> >> ln -s /var/lib/ceph/osd-0/spin_journal/journal /var/lib/ceph/osd-2/journal >> >> I feel that this approach is not very clean though. >> >> >> >> On Dec 1, 2015, at 12:39 PM, Nick Fisk <nick@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ceph-users [mailto:ceph-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of >> Marek Dohojda >> Sent: 01 December 2015 19:34 >> To: Wido den Hollander <wido@xxxxxxxx> >> Cc: ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Re: OSD on a partition >> >> Well so here is my problem. I want to move journal to SSD, but I have no >> more Disk slots available, and the SSD I do have is used for my higher IO >> OSDs. Hence I don’t want to lose my OSD. >> >> So my thought was to partition the SSD into 10G and the rest with the >> >> “rest” >> >> being used for OSD, while the 10G be used for Journal. However I can’t >> >> find >> >> a reliable way to put OSD on a partition which is why I am wondering if >> >> there >> >> is a way to do it. >> >> >> I'm wondering if you can stop the SSD OSD, unmount, shrink the partition, >> add the extra journal partition, start the OSD. >> >> Then stop the disk based OSD, flush the journal, move to new partition on >> SSD and then start it. >> >> >> >> Alernatively I could put the Journal on the SSD itself (it is ext4 file >> >> system) but >> >> not sure if that wouldn’t be bad from perspective of Ceph to do. >> >> Down the road I will have more SSD but this won’t happen until new budget >> hits and I can get more servers. >> >> >> >> On Dec 1, 2015, at 12:11 PM, Wido den Hollander <wido@xxxxxxxx> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> On 12/01/2015 07:29 PM, Marek Dohojda wrote: >> >> I am looking through google, and I am not seeing a good guide as to >> how to put an OSD on a partition (GPT) of a disk. I see lots of >> options for file system, or single physical drive but not partition. >> >> http://dachary.org/?p=2548 >> >> This is only thing I found but that is from 2 years ago and no >> comments if this works or not. >> >> Is there a better guide/best practice for such a scenario? >> >> >> Well, what is the thing you are trying to achieve? All tools want full >> disks, but an OSD doesn't want it persé. It just wants a mount point >> where it can write data to. >> >> You can always manually bootstrap a cluster if you want to. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ceph-users mailing list >> ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com >> >> >> >> -- >> Wido den Hollander >> 42on B.V. >> Ceph trainer and consultant >> >> Phone: +31 (0)20 700 9902 >> Skype: contact42on >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
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