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diff --git a/doc/dev/erasure-coded-pool.rst b/doc/dev/erasure-coded-pool.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8ad697702 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/dev/erasure-coded-pool.rst @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +Erasure Coded pool +================== + +Purpose +------- + +Erasure-coded pools require less storage space compared to replicated +pools. The erasure-coding support has higher computational requirements and +only supports a subset of the operations allowed on an object (for instance, +partial write is not supported). + +Use cases +--------- + +Cold storage +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +An erasure-coded pool is created to store a large number of 1GB +objects (imaging, genomics, etc.) and 10% of them are read per +month. New objects are added every day and the objects are not +modified after being written. On average there is one write for 10,000 +reads. + +A replicated pool is created and set as a cache tier for the +erasure coded pool. An agent demotes objects (i.e. moves them from the +replicated pool to the erasure-coded pool) if they have not been +accessed in a week. + +The erasure-coded pool CRUSH rule targets hardware designed for +cold storage with high latency and slow access time. The replicated +pool CRUSH rule targets faster hardware to provide better response +times. + +Cheap multidatacenter storage +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Ten datacenters are connected with dedicated network links. Each +datacenter contains the same amount of storage with no power-supply +backup and no air-cooling system. + +An erasure-coded pool is created with a CRUSH rule that will +ensure no data loss if at most three datacenters fail +simultaneously. The overhead is 50% with erasure code configured to +split data in six (k=6) and create three coding chunks (m=3). With +replication the overhead would be 400% (four replicas). + +Interface +--------- + +Set up an erasure-coded pool:: + + $ ceph osd pool create ecpool erasure + +Set up an erasure-coded pool and the associated CRUSH rule ``ecrule``:: + + $ ceph osd crush rule create-erasure ecrule + $ ceph osd pool create ecpool erasure default ecrule + +Set the CRUSH failure domain to osd (instead of host, which is the default):: + + $ ceph osd erasure-code-profile set myprofile \ + crush-failure-domain=osd + $ ceph osd erasure-code-profile get myprofile + k=2 + m=2 + plugin=jerasure + technique=reed_sol_van + crush-failure-domain=osd + $ ceph osd pool create ecpool erasure myprofile + +Control the parameters of the erasure code plugin:: + + $ ceph osd erasure-code-profile set myprofile \ + k=3 m=2 + $ ceph osd erasure-code-profile get myprofile + k=3 + m=2 + plugin=jerasure + technique=reed_sol_van + $ ceph osd pool create ecpool erasure myprofile + +Choose an alternate erasure code plugin:: + + $ ceph osd erasure-code-profile set myprofile \ + plugin=example technique=xor + $ ceph osd erasure-code-profile get myprofile + k=2 + m=2 + plugin=example + technique=xor + $ ceph osd pool create ecpool 12 12 erasure \ + myprofile + +Display the default erasure code profile:: + + $ ceph osd erasure-code-profile ls + default + $ ceph osd erasure-code-profile get default + k=2 + m=2 + plugin=jerasure + technique=reed_sol_van + +Create a profile to set the data to be distributed on six OSDs (k+m=6) and sustain the loss of three OSDs (m=3) without losing data:: + + $ ceph osd erasure-code-profile set myprofile k=3 m=3 + $ ceph osd erasure-code-profile get myprofile + k=3 + m=3 + plugin=jerasure + technique=reed_sol_van + $ ceph osd erasure-code-profile ls + default + myprofile + +Remove a profile that is no longer in use (otherwise it will fail with EBUSY):: + + $ ceph osd erasure-code-profile ls + default + myprofile + $ ceph osd erasure-code-profile rm myprofile + $ ceph osd erasure-code-profile ls + default + +Set the rule to ssd (instead of default):: + + $ ceph osd erasure-code-profile set myprofile \ + crush-root=ssd + $ ceph osd erasure-code-profile get myprofile + k=2 + m=2 + plugin=jerasure + technique=reed_sol_van + crush-root=ssd + |