1 [[ceph_rados_block_devices]]
2 Ceph RADOS Block Devices (RBD)
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9 Storage pool type: `rbd`
11 http://ceph.com[Ceph] is a distributed object store and file system
12 designed to provide excellent performance, reliability and
13 scalability. RADOS block devices implement a feature rich block level
14 storage, and you get the following advantages:
18 * distributed and redundant (striped over multiple OSDs)
19 * full snapshot and clone capabilities
21 * no single point of failure
22 * scalable to the exabyte level
23 * kernel and user space implementation available
25 NOTE: For smaller deployments, it is also possible to run Ceph
26 services directly on your {pve} nodes. Recent hardware has plenty
27 of CPU power and RAM, so running storage services and VMs on same node
30 [[storage_rbd_config]]
34 This backend supports the common storage properties `nodes`,
35 `disable`, `content`, and the following `rbd` specific properties:
39 List of monitor daemon IPs. Optional, only needed if Ceph is not running on the
48 RBD user Id. Optional, only needed if Ceph is not running on the PVE cluster.
52 Enforce access to rados block devices through the krbd kernel module. Optional.
54 NOTE: Containers will use `krbd` independent of the option value.
56 .Configuration Example for a external Ceph cluster (`/etc/pve/storage.cfg`)
59 monhost 10.1.1.20 10.1.1.21 10.1.1.22
65 TIP: You can use the `rbd` utility to do low-level management tasks.
70 If you use `cephx` authentication, you need to copy the keyfile from your
71 external Ceph cluster to a Proxmox VE host.
73 Create the directory `/etc/pve/priv/ceph` with
75 mkdir /etc/pve/priv/ceph
79 scp <cephserver>:/etc/ceph/ceph.client.admin.keyring /etc/pve/priv/ceph/<STORAGE_ID>.keyring
81 The keyring must be named to match your `<STORAGE_ID>`. Copying the
82 keyring generally requires root privileges.
84 If Ceph is installed locally on the PVE cluster, this is done automatically by
85 'pveceph' or in the GUI.
90 The `rbd` backend is a block level storage, and implements full
91 snapshot and clone functionality.
93 .Storage features for backend `rbd`
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95 |==============================================================================
96 |Content types |Image formats |Shared |Snapshots |Clones
97 |images rootdir |raw |yes |yes |yes
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105 * link:/wiki/Storage[Storage]