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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ceph.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ceph.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b46a7218248f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ceph.rst @@ -0,0 +1,190 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +============================ +Ceph Distributed File System +============================ + +Ceph is a distributed network file system designed to provide good +performance, reliability, and scalability. + +Basic features include: + + * POSIX semantics + * Seamless scaling from 1 to many thousands of nodes + * High availability and reliability. No single point of failure. + * N-way replication of data across storage nodes + * Fast recovery from node failures + * Automatic rebalancing of data on node addition/removal + * Easy deployment: most FS components are userspace daemons + +Also, + + * Flexible snapshots (on any directory) + * Recursive accounting (nested files, directories, bytes) + +In contrast to cluster filesystems like GFS, OCFS2, and GPFS that rely +on symmetric access by all clients to shared block devices, Ceph +separates data and metadata management into independent server +clusters, similar to Lustre. Unlike Lustre, however, metadata and +storage nodes run entirely as user space daemons. File data is striped +across storage nodes in large chunks to distribute workload and +facilitate high throughputs. When storage nodes fail, data is +re-replicated in a distributed fashion by the storage nodes themselves +(with some minimal coordination from a cluster monitor), making the +system extremely efficient and scalable. + +Metadata servers effectively form a large, consistent, distributed +in-memory cache above the file namespace that is extremely scalable, +dynamically redistributes metadata in response to workload changes, +and can tolerate arbitrary (well, non-Byzantine) node failures. The +metadata server takes a somewhat unconventional approach to metadata +storage to significantly improve performance for common workloads. In +particular, inodes with only a single link are embedded in +directories, allowing entire directories of dentries and inodes to be +loaded into its cache with a single I/O operation. The contents of +extremely large directories can be fragmented and managed by +independent metadata servers, allowing scalable concurrent access. + +The system offers automatic data rebalancing/migration when scaling +from a small cluster of just a few nodes to many hundreds, without +requiring an administrator carve the data set into static volumes or +go through the tedious process of migrating data between servers. +When the file system approaches full, new nodes can be easily added +and things will "just work." + +Ceph includes flexible snapshot mechanism that allows a user to create +a snapshot on any subdirectory (and its nested contents) in the +system. Snapshot creation and deletion are as simple as 'mkdir +.snap/foo' and 'rmdir .snap/foo'. + +Ceph also provides some recursive accounting on directories for nested +files and bytes. That is, a 'getfattr -d foo' on any directory in the +system will reveal the total number of nested regular files and +subdirectories, and a summation of all nested file sizes. This makes +the identification of large disk space consumers relatively quick, as +no 'du' or similar recursive scan of the file system is required. + +Finally, Ceph also allows quotas to be set on any directory in the system. +The quota can restrict the number of bytes or the number of files stored +beneath that point in the directory hierarchy. Quotas can be set using +extended attributes 'ceph.quota.max_files' and 'ceph.quota.max_bytes', eg:: + + setfattr -n ceph.quota.max_bytes -v 100000000 /some/dir + getfattr -n ceph.quota.max_bytes /some/dir + +A limitation of the current quotas implementation is that it relies on the +cooperation of the client mounting the file system to stop writers when a +limit is reached. A modified or adversarial client cannot be prevented +from writing as much data as it needs. + +Mount Syntax +============ + +The basic mount syntax is:: + + # mount -t ceph monip[:port][,monip2[:port]...]:/[subdir] mnt + +You only need to specify a single monitor, as the client will get the +full list when it connects. (However, if the monitor you specify +happens to be down, the mount won't succeed.) The port can be left +off if the monitor is using the default. So if the monitor is at +1.2.3.4:: + + # mount -t ceph 1.2.3.4:/ /mnt/ceph + +is sufficient. If /sbin/mount.ceph is installed, a hostname can be +used instead of an IP address. + + + +Mount Options +============= + + ip=A.B.C.D[:N] + Specify the IP and/or port the client should bind to locally. + There is normally not much reason to do this. If the IP is not + specified, the client's IP address is determined by looking at the + address its connection to the monitor originates from. + + wsize=X + Specify the maximum write size in bytes. Default: 16 MB. + + rsize=X + Specify the maximum read size in bytes. Default: 16 MB. + + rasize=X + Specify the maximum readahead size in bytes. Default: 8 MB. + + mount_timeout=X + Specify the timeout value for mount (in seconds), in the case + of a non-responsive Ceph file system. The default is 30 + seconds. + + caps_max=X + Specify the maximum number of caps to hold. Unused caps are released + when number of caps exceeds the limit. The default is 0 (no limit) + + rbytes + When stat() is called on a directory, set st_size to 'rbytes', + the summation of file sizes over all files nested beneath that + directory. This is the default. + + norbytes + When stat() is called on a directory, set st_size to the + number of entries in that directory. + + nocrc + Disable CRC32C calculation for data writes. If set, the storage node + must rely on TCP's error correction to detect data corruption + in the data payload. + + dcache + Use the dcache contents to perform negative lookups and + readdir when the client has the entire directory contents in + its cache. (This does not change correctness; the client uses + cached metadata only when a lease or capability ensures it is + valid.) + + nodcache + Do not use the dcache as above. This avoids a significant amount of + complex code, sacrificing performance without affecting correctness, + and is useful for tracking down bugs. + + noasyncreaddir + Do not use the dcache as above for readdir. + + noquotadf + Report overall filesystem usage in statfs instead of using the root + directory quota. + + nocopyfrom + Don't use the RADOS 'copy-from' operation to perform remote object + copies. Currently, it's only used in copy_file_range, which will revert + to the default VFS implementation if this option is used. + + recover_session=<no|clean> + Set auto reconnect mode in the case where the client is blacklisted. The + available modes are "no" and "clean". The default is "no". + + * no: never attempt to reconnect when client detects that it has been + blacklisted. Operations will generally fail after being blacklisted. + + * clean: client reconnects to the ceph cluster automatically when it + detects that it has been blacklisted. During reconnect, client drops + dirty data/metadata, invalidates page caches and writable file handles. + After reconnect, file locks become stale because the MDS loses track + of them. If an inode contains any stale file locks, read/write on the + inode is not allowed until applications release all stale file locks. + +More Information +================ + +For more information on Ceph, see the home page at + https://ceph.com/ + +The Linux kernel client source tree is available at + - https://github.com/ceph/ceph-client.git + - git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client.git + +and the source for the full system is at + https://github.com/ceph/ceph.git |