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    Ceph - 4 Node NVME Cluster Recommendations

    I need to build a 4 node Ceph cluster and I need an effective capacity of 30TB. Each node is configured like this: Supermicro 2U Storage Server 24 x NVME, X11DPU, Dual 1600W 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6240 18 Core 2.6Ghz Processor 768G Ram 2x 100G Network 6 x Samsung PM9A3 3.84TB PCIe 4.0 2.5...
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    Improving small write performance, safe to use write-back caching with Ceph on HDD?

    Users had been complaining about laggy VM performace on our HDD-based Ceph pool. With many users VMs having many applications that are logging to disk, I see a lot of small writes with write IOPS > 5x read IOPS. Reading up here and elsewhere, it seems that Write-back may yield better...
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    [SOLVED] Proxmox Ceph. Clone Templates Between nodes

    Hello community, My first post here. I have been searching on the subject and the posts I have seen on the forum and by search engines on the subject have not finished me clarify my doubt. To put in context. I have 3 PVE Nodes in Cluster with CEPH as backend storage for the VMs. In the ceph...
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    Not possible to install Ceph

    Hi All, I am using Proxmox 8.1.4 without license subscription. I have changed to no subscription repository. But it is still not possible to install Ceph. TT /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main...
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    CEPH 17.2.7 - "ceph device ls" is wrong

    Just ran into this in the lab, haven't gone digging in prod yet. pve-manager/8.1.3/b46aac3b42da5d15 (running kernel: 6.2.16-20-pve) Cluster is alive, working, zero issues, everything in GUI is happy, 100% alive -- however... the "ceph device" table appears to have NOT updated itself for a...
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    [SOLVED] Proxmox Ceph affected by CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE bug?

    Hey guys, in the latest Ceph blog a post was published on 13.02 regarding a CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE bug, which apparently affects Ceph Ubuntu packages. I know that we use Debian, but in a github pull request Proxmox is mentioned with a significant improvement in latency. Can we assume that we are...
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    [SOLVED] What is Quay.io ?

    Hi, when I try to attach a new osd to my ceph cluster, I get an error regarding the link https://quay.io/v2/ I would like to know where this error comes from and why ? And what is the real use of the quay.io/v2/, does ceph retrieve information on the remote server ? Thanks in advance Error...
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    Upgrading pve 7.2 -> 7.4 and ceph pacific -> quincy failed

    Hi, i have a cluster of 3 compute nodes and 3 storage nodes. I wanted to upgrade to pve 7.4 and ceph quincy. Followed the official documentation https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Ceph_Pacific_to_Quincy All went ok until i restarted the osds on one of the storage nodes. some are upgraded and some...
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    Proxmox CephFS Permission Denied

    We're succesfully using Ceph on Proxmox, and have started to attempt to use CephFS. We are able to mount, and create a file, but can then not write to the file, it shows the below error: root@<redacted>:/mnt/ceph# echo "test" > /mnt/ceph/testfile -bash: echo: write error: Operation not permitted...
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    Reconfiguration of Proxmox boot / storage ceph

    Hello guys, I have a server that is now set as: 2 disk Mirror with zfs (SSD). for boot and 4 disk for ceph. I have an option to install nvme so my plan was to do the following: brake the mirror, use the nvme as mirror and then use the SSD drive to enlarge the ceph pool. Any suggestions on that...
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    My first Proxmox (and ceph) design and setup

    Hi, I plan to set up a 2-node cluster, with each node having exactly the same configuration: 1 CPU with 12 cores, 64 GB RAM, 5 x GbE, 2 TB NVMe SSD, and 500 GB SATA-6 SSD. Network: One GbE will be dedicated to Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) administration (on a dedicated VLAN) and...
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    [SOLVED] Using external Ceph cluster with Proxmox

    Hi, to set the context, I want to connect my ceph cluster to my proxmox cluster, I did the same thing as leihnix Post reference: the https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/using-external-ceph-cluster.93453/ I also see that my pool is visible with a question mark but the size is not available, do you...
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    [SOLVED] Ceph unable to find a keyring

    Hello all, i just noticed, that one of my Cluster Nodes shows following log every 1-2 minutes: FYI: The Cluster works and Ceph is showing all OK Feb 08 01:18:52 pve-2 pvedaemon[3570]: <root@pam> successful auth for user 'monitoring@pve' Feb 08 01:18:54 pve-2 ceph-crash[2062]...
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    One out of three nodes networking issue - node unreachable

    Hello, I have 3 identical servers running identical version of Proxmox with all of therm fully upgraded. Each has 2 network cards installed, one is on-board quad 10gb and another is PCie quad port SPF+ 10gb. I have created two bridges, each bridge having all 4 ports assigned. Both bridges has...
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    [SOLVED] CEPH cluster Proxmox

    Hello, to set the context, I have a proxmox cluster with 3 nodes, I also have a ceph cluster with 3 nodes, everything is fine and everything works well independently. But, before linking the ceph cluster and the proxmox cluster (CephFS), I want a linux/windows client to use the ceph cluster as...
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    Ceph SSD disk performance Kingston vs Samsung

    Hello, I have 3 servers later planning to add 3 nodes more. Lenovo sr570 CPU: 2x Xeon Silver 4208 2.1ghz 8c 16t OS: 2x sata 480gb m.2 ssd mirroring kit Network: 4x10GBase-T 2x lacp for frontend and cluster and 2x Lacp for ceph cluster and public every where will be individual Vlan. Switch: 2x...
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    [SOLVED] FYI: do not extend Ceph with OSDs connected via USB

    Just written down for your amusement, on a lazy, dark and rainy Sunday afternoon: Someone (me) might try to extend a Ceph cluster by adding NVMe (or other SSDs) via USB3 Adapters. For a small homelab this should be feasable, isn't it? My three PVE nodes already run a single Ceph OSD on an...
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    PVE Networking stuck at 1Gb/s with 10Gb link

    Hi, I have a probleme with my proxmox cluster, I have a bond for CEPH derectly connected betwen the nodes in 10Gb and a bond for public network with 10Gb link to. But when i do an iperf with public network I have my 10Gb/s but not with my CEPH network. Before this configuration I haved...
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    Minimal Ceph Cluster (2x Compute Nodes and 1x Witness -- possible?)

    For my testing/development environment, I am looking to configure a cluster of Proxmox servers using a Ceph storage pool so I can implement HA. My goals are high availability and having the ability to bring down a host for maintenance and patching. Also, to handle the occasional fault. I...
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    Question: InterVM 10Gbe network between VMs? #rookCeph #k3s

    Hey everyone, I am running my kubernetes nodes on my Dell R730 At the moment they are using a bridged Network on a 10Gbe NIC…But I only have a 1Gbe switch.\ That said, the server has a second (unused 10Gbe Nic) eno2 I was wondering if It would be possible to create a “logical” inter-vm network...

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