MDS Autoscaler Module
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-The MDS Autoscaler Module monitors file systems to ensure sufficient MDS
+The MDS Autoscaler Module monitors file systems to ensure that sufficient MDS
daemons are available. It works by adjusting the placement specification for
the orchestrator backend of the MDS service. To enable, use:
-.. sh:
+.. prompt:: bash #
ceph mgr module enable mds_autoscaler
-The module will monitor the following file system settings to inform
-placement count adjustments:
+The module monitors the following file-system settings to inform placement-
+count adjustments:
- ``max_mds`` file system setting
- ``standby_count_wanted`` file system setting
-The Ceph monitor daemons are still responsible for promoting or stopping MDS
+The Ceph monitor daemons remain responsible for promoting or stopping MDS
according to these settings. The ``mds_autoscaler`` simply adjusts the
-number of MDS which are spawned by the orchestrator.
+number of MDS daemons spawned by the orchestrator.
-.. note: There is no CLI or module configurations as of now. Enable or disable
- the module to turn on or off.
+.. note: There is no CLI as of the Tentacle release. There are no module
+ configurations as of the Tentacle release. Enable or disable the module to
+ turn the functionality on or off.