Re: Write back cache removal

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> Op 10 januari 2017 om 9:52 schreef Nick Fisk <nick@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ceph-users [mailto:ceph-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wido den Hollander
> > Sent: 10 January 2017 07:54
> > To: ceph new <ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Stuart Harland <s.harland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re:  Write back cache removal
> > 
> > 
> > > Op 9 januari 2017 om 13:02 schreef Stuart Harland <s.harland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > We’ve been operating a ceph storage system storing files using librados (using a replicated pool on rust disks). We implemented a
> > cache over the top of this with SSDs, however we now want to turn this off.
> > >
> > > The documentation suggests setting the cache mode to forward before draining the pool, however the ceph management
> > controller spits out an error about this saying that it is unsupported and hence dangerous.
> > >
> > 
> > What version of Ceph are you running?
> > 
> > And can you paste the exact command and the output?
> > 
> > Wido
> 
> Hi Wido,
> 
> I think this has been discussed before and looks like it might be a current limitation. Not sure if it's on anybody's radar to fix.
> 
> https://www.mail-archive.com/ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg24472.html
> 

Might be, but afaik they are using their own application which writes to RADOS using librados, not RBD.

Is that correct Stuart?

Wido

> Nick
> 
> > 
> > > The thing is I cannot really locate any documentation as to why it’s considered unsupported and under what conditions it is expected
> > to fail: I have read a passing comment about EC pools having data corruption, but we are using replicated pools.
> > >
> > > Is this something that is safe to do?
> > >
> > > Otherwise I have noted the read proxy mode of cache tiers which is documented as a mechanism to transition from write back to
> > disabled, however the documentation is even sparser on this than forward mode. Would this be a better approach if there is some
> > unsupported behaviour in the forward mode cache option?
> > >
> > > Any thoughts would be appreciated - we really cannot afford to corrupt the data, and I really do not want to have to do some
> > manual software based eviction on this data.
> > >
> > > regards
> > >
> > > Stuart
> > >
> > >
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