Understanding Ceph journals

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Introduction

  • The purpose of a Ceph Journal is to ensure write consistency. When designed and configured properly, a journal can absorb small writes better than the backing disk. A each write operation is first stored to the Ceph journal. These operations can be replayed in the event of an OSD failure. Every few seconds (by default), the journal is synchronized to the OSD fil...

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