Re: CephFS "move" operation

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Am 25.05.2018 um 14:57 schrieb Ric Wheeler:
> Is this move between directories on the same file system?

It is, we only have a single CephFS in use. There's also only a single ceph-fuse client running. 

What's different, though, are different ACLs set for source and target directory, and owner / group,
but I hope that should not matter. 

All the best,
Oliver

> Rename as a system call only works within a file system.
> 
> The user space mv command becomes a copy when not the same file system. 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ric
> 
> 
> On Fri, May 25, 2018, 8:51 AM John Spray <jspray@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jspray@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 1:10 PM, Oliver Freyermuth
>     <freyermuth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:freyermuth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>     > Dear Cephalopodians,
>     >
>     > I was wondering why a simple "mv" is taking extraordinarily long on CephFS and must note that,
>     > at least with the fuse-client (12.2.5) and when moving a file from one directory to another,
>     > the file appears to be copied first (byte by byte, traffic going through the client?) before the initial file is deleted.
>     >
>     > Is this true, or am I missing something?
> 
>     A mv should not involve copying a file through the client -- it's
>     implemented in the MDS as a rename from one location to another.
>     What's the observation that's making it seem like the data is going
>     through the client?
> 
>     John
> 
>     >
>     > For large files, this might be rather time consuming,
>     > and we should certainly advise all our users to not move files around needlessly if this is the case.
>     >
>     > Cheers,
>     >         Oliver
>     >
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