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+ Pool, PG and CRUSH Config Reference
+======================================
+
+When you create pools and set the number of placement groups for the pool, Ceph
+uses default values when you don't specifically override the defaults. **We
+recommend** overridding some of the defaults. Specifically, we recommend setting
+a pool's replica size and overriding the default number of placement groups. You
+can specifically set these values when running `pool`_ commands. You can also
+override the defaults by adding new ones in the ``[global]`` section of your
+Ceph configuration file.
+
+
+.. literalinclude:: pool-pg.conf
+ :language: ini
+
+
+
+``mon max pool pg num``
+
+:Description: The maximium number of placement groups per pool.
+:Type: Integer
+:Default: ``65536``
+
+
+``mon pg create interval``
+
+:Description: Number of seconds between PG creation in the same OSD.
+:Type: Float
+:Default: ``30.0``
+
+
+``mon pg stuck threshold``
+
+:Description: Number of seconds after which PGs can be considered as being stuck.
+:Type: 32-bit Integer
+:Default: ``300``
+
+
+``osd pg bits``
+
+:Description: Placement group bits per OSD.
+:Type: 32-bit Integer
+:Default: ``6``
+
+
+``osd pgp bits``
+
+:Description: The number of bits per OSD for PGPs.
+:Type: 32-bit Integer
+:Default: ``6``
+
+
+``osd crush chooseleaf type``
+
+:Description: The bucket type to use for ``chooseleaf`` in a CRUSH rule. Uses
+ ordinal rank rather than name.
+
+:Type: 32-bit Integer
+:Default: ``1``. Typically a host containing one or more OSDs.
+
+
+``osd min rep``
+
+:Description: The minimum number of replicas for a ruleset.
+:Type: 32-bit Integer
+:Default: ``1``
+
+
+``osd max rep``
+
+:Description: The maximum number of replicas for a ruleset.
+:Type: 32-bit Integer
+:Default: ``10``
+
+
+``osd pool default crush rule``
+
+:Description: The default CRUSH ruleset to use when creating a pool.
+:Type: 32-bit Integer
+:Default: ``0``
+
+
+``osd pool default size``
+
+:Description: Sets the number of replicas for objects in the pool. The default
+ value is the same as
+ ``ceph osd pool set {pool-name} size {size}``.
+
+:Type: 32-bit Integer
+:Default: ``2``
+
+
+``osd pool default min size``
+
+:Descrption: Sets the minimum number of written replicas for objects in the
+ pool in order to acknowledge a write operation to the client.
+ If minimum is not met, Ceph will not acknowledge the write to the
+ client. This setting ensures a minimum number of replicas when
+ operating in ``degraded`` mode.
+
+:Type: 32-bit Integer
+:Default: ``0``, which means no particular minimum. If ``0``,
+ minimum is ``size - (size / 2)``.
+
+
+``osd pool default pg num``
+
+:Description: The default number of placement groups for a pool. The default
+ value is the same as ``pg_num`` with ``mkpool``.
+
+:Type: 32-bit Integer
+:Default: ``8``
+
+
+``osd pool default pgp num``
+
+:Description: The default number of placement groups for placement for a pool.
+ The default value is the same as ``pgp_num`` with ``mkpool``.
+ PG and PGP should be equal (for now).
+
+:Type: 32-bit Integer
+:Default: ``8``
+
+
+``osd pool default flags``
+
+:Description: The default flags for new pools.
+:Type: 32-bit Integer
+:Default: ``0``
+
+
+``osd max pgls``
+
+:Description: The maximum number of placement groups to list. A client
+ requesting a large number can tie up the OSD.
+
+:Type: Unsigned 64-bit Integer
+:Default: ``1024``
+:Note: Default should be fine.
+
+
+``osd min pg log entries``
+
+:Description: The minimum number of placement group logs to maintain
+ when trimming log files.
+
+:Type: 32-bit Int Unsigned
+:Default: ``1000``
+
+
+``osd default data pool replay window``
+
+:Description: The time (in seconds) for an OSD to wait for a client to replay
+ a request.
+
+:Type: 32-bit Integer
+:Default: ``45``
+
+
+.. _pool: ../../operations/pools
+.. _Monitoring OSDs and PGs: ../../operations/monitoring-osd-pg#peering