From 3b6341239fc480f01410ec8f718c465f568b8fa8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brad Hubbard Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:58:21 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] doc/rados/operations: Detail for min_size on EC pools Signed-off-by: Brad Hubbard --- doc/rados/operations/pools.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/rados/operations/pools.rst b/doc/rados/operations/pools.rst index 1f22a4479626..9c4c27ef7e62 100644 --- a/doc/rados/operations/pools.rst +++ b/doc/rados/operations/pools.rst @@ -316,6 +316,11 @@ You may set values for the following keys: :Description: Sets the minimum number of replicas required for I/O. See `Set the Number of Object Replicas`_ for further details. + In the case of Erasure Coded pools this should be set to a value + greater than 'k' since if we allow IO at the value 'k' there is no + redundancy and data will be lost in the event of a permanent OSD + failure. For more information see `Erasure Code + <../erasure-code>`_ :Type: Integer :Version: ``0.54`` and above -- 2.47.3