Re: 4.14 kernel or greater recommendation for multiple active MDS

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Thanks guys. We are so close to the edge that we may just take that chance,
usually the only reason an active client has to reconnect is because we
have to bounce the MDS because it's overwhelmed.
----------------
Robert LeBlanc
PGP Fingerprint 79A2 9CA4 6CC4 45DD A904  C70E E654 3BB2 FA62 B9F1


On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 4:00 AM Paul Emmerich <paul.emmerich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've seen issues with clients reconnects on older kernels, yeah. They
> sometimes get stuck after a network failure
>
> Paul
>
> --
> Paul Emmerich
>
> Looking for help with your Ceph cluster? Contact us at https://croit.io
>
> croit GmbH
> Freseniusstr. 31h
> 81247 München
> www.croit.io
> Tel: +49 89 1896585 90
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 10:19 PM Gregory Farnum <gfarnum@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:52 AM Robert LeBlanc <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > In the Nautilus manual it recommends >= 4.14 kernel for multiple active
>> > MDSes. What are the potential issues for running the 4.4 kernel with
>> > multiple MDSes? We are in the process of upgrading the clients, but at
>> > times overrun the capacity of a single MDS server.
>>
>> I don't think this is documented specifically; you'd have to go
>> through the git logs. Talked with the team and 4.14 was the upstream
>> kernel when we marked multi-MDS as stable, with the general stream of
>> ongoing fixes that always applies there.
>>
>> There aren't any known issues that will cause file consistency to
>> break or anything; I'd be more worried about clients having issues
>> reconnecting when their network blips or an MDS fails over.
>> -Greg
>>
>> >
>> > MULTIPLE ACTIVE METADATA SERVERS
>> > <
>> https://docs.ceph.com/docs/nautilus/cephfs/kernel-features/#multiple-active-metadata-servers
>> >
>> >
>> > The feature has been supported since the Luminous release. It is
>> > recommended to use Linux kernel clients >= 4.14 when there are multiple
>> > active MDS.
>> > Thank you,
>> > Robert LeBlanc
>> > ----------------
>> > Robert LeBlanc
>> > PGP Fingerprint 79A2 9CA4 6CC4 45DD A904  C70E E654 3BB2 FA62 B9F1
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx
>> > To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx
>> >
>> _______________________________________________
>> ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx
>> To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx
>>
>
_______________________________________________
ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx
To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx




[Index of Archives]     [Information on CEPH]     [Linux Filesystem Development]     [Ceph Development]     [Ceph Large]     [Ceph Dev]     [Linux USB Development]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]     [xfs]


  Powered by Linux