[pve-devel] [PATCH storage] rbd: add support for erasure coded ec pools

Alwin Antreich alwin at antreich.com
Fri Jan 28 11:54:43 CET 2022


January 28, 2022 10:50 AM, "Aaron Lauterer" <a.lauterer at proxmox.com> wrote:

> What exactly do you mean? How to add custom config options for external cluster
> (/etc/pve/priv/ceph/<storeid>.conf) and locally in the /etc/pve/ceph.conf AKA /etc/ceph/ceph.conf?
Oh. I was thinking, if the /etc/pve/priv/ceph/<storage>.conf is not favored, then I could document the usage of client settings in the /etc/pve/ceph.conf.

> 
> Sure, AFAICS the custom <storeid>.conf has been added in 2016 [0]. I did a quick search in the
> admin guide and did not find anything about it.
> 
> [0] https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-storage.git;a=commit;h=1341722
Then I'll prepare some docs patch. :)

> Right now, I am only working out the EC pools (data-pool) parameter. Having the current
> possibilities documented is surely a good idea.
> 
> Out of curiosity, do you have to use the custom configs often?
So far it might have been a hand full of times. (that I recall)
Currently we have a small how-to on the website with the /etc/ceph.conf.[0] I want to update this guide as well.

Cheers,
Alwin

[0] https://croit.io/docs/master/hypervisors/proxmox




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