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Journal Config Reference
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-.. warning:: Filestore has been deprecated in the Reef release and is no longer supported.
-.. index:: journal; journal configuration
-
-Filestore OSDs use a journal for two reasons: speed and consistency. Note
-that since Luminous, the BlueStore OSD back end has been preferred and default.
-This information is provided for pre-existing OSDs and for rare situations where
-Filestore is preferred for new deployments.
+.. warning:: Filestore is not supported. Migrate existing Filestore OSDs to
+ BlueStore. See :ref:`rados_operations_bluestore_migration`.
-- **Speed:** The journal enables the Ceph OSD Daemon to commit small writes
- quickly. Ceph writes small, random I/O to the journal sequentially, which
- tends to speed up bursty workloads by allowing the backing file system more
- time to coalesce writes. The Ceph OSD Daemon's journal, however, can lead
- to spiky performance with short spurts of high-speed writes followed by
- periods without any write progress as the file system catches up to the
- journal.
-
-- **Consistency:** Ceph OSD Daemons require a file system interface that
- guarantees atomic compound operations. Ceph OSD Daemons write a description
- of the operation to the journal and apply the operation to the file system.
- This enables atomic updates to an object (for example, placement group
- metadata). Every few seconds--between ``filestore max sync interval`` and
- ``filestore min sync interval``--the Ceph OSD Daemon stops writes and
- synchronizes the journal with the file system, allowing Ceph OSD Daemons to
- trim operations from the journal and reuse the space. On failure, Ceph
- OSD Daemons replay the journal starting after the last synchronization
- operation.
+.. index:: journal; journal configuration
-Ceph OSD Daemons recognize the following journal settings:
+The following journal settings are provided for reference to assist with
+migration of existing Filestore OSDs to BlueStore.
.. confval:: journal_dio
.. confval:: journal_aio