From: Dan Mick Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 01:05:22 +0000 (-0800) Subject: doc: Clarify "pool size", copies, and replicas more X-Git-Tag: v0.55~167 X-Git-Url: http://git-server-git.apps.pok.os.sepia.ceph.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=eac614a7c80748bd48acd4b05e2c95d87777a51c;p=ceph.git doc: Clarify "pool size", copies, and replicas more --- diff --git a/doc/cluster-ops/pools.rst b/doc/cluster-ops/pools.rst index a33690dbc4fad..54ccfdc43beca 100644 --- a/doc/cluster-ops/pools.rst +++ b/doc/cluster-ops/pools.rst @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ To set the number of object replicas, execute the following:: ceph osd pool set {poolname} size {num-replicas} -.. important: The ``{num-replicas}`` is inclusive of the object itself. +.. important: The ``{num-replicas}`` includes the object itself. If you want the object and two copies of the object for a total of three instances of the object, specify ``3``. @@ -226,5 +226,4 @@ To get the number of object replicas, execute the following:: ceph osd dump | grep 'rep size' Ceph will list the pools, with the ``rep size`` attribute highlighted. -By default, Ceph creates two replicas of an object for a total of -three copies. +By default, Ceph creates two replicas of an object (two copies).