I have raised a documentation PR that we can use to clear up the language around when it is appropriate (if ever) to manually set pgp_num: https://github.com/ceph/ceph/pull/61626 Please join me there for discussion of this. Zac Dover Head of Docs Ceph Foundation On Monday, February 3rd, 2025 at 11:36 PM, Zac Dover <zac.dover@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Janne, > > Is it still possible to set pgp_num manually? > > I need to know so that I can properly write this section. > > Zac > > On Monday, February 3rd, 2025 at 10:43 PM, Zac Dover <zac.dover@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I’m sure the documentation is incomplete, but I’m working on it. >> >> Zac Dover >> Head of Docs >> Ceph Foundation >> >> Sent from [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) for iOS >> >> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 22:38, Mark Schouten <[mark@xxxxxxxx](mailto:On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 22:38, Mark Schouten <<a href=)> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>>>You set the pg_num and the balancer will split a few at a time until >>>>pgp_num reaches pg_num. >>>>At some point, ceph started complaining if you try to set pgp_num manually. >>> Ok. So the documentation is incorrect, or at least incomplete? >>> >>> — >>> Mark Schouten >>> CTO, Tuxis B.V. >>> +31 318 200208 / mark@xxxxxxxx >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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