# By default, Ceph makes 3 replicas of RADOS objects. If you want to maintain four
# copies of an object the default value--a primary copy and three replica
# copies--reset the default values as shown in 'osd_pool_default_size'.
- # If you want to allow Ceph to write a lesser number of copies in a degraded
- # state, set 'osd_pool_default_min_size' to a number less than the
- # 'osd_pool_default_size' value.
+ # If you want to allow Ceph to accept an I/O operation to a degraded PG,
+ # set 'osd_pool_default_min_size' to a number less than the
+ # 'osd pool default size' value.
osd_pool_default_size = 3 # Write an object 3 times.
- osd_pool_default_min_size = 2 # Allow writing two copies in a degraded state.
+ osd_pool_default_min size = 2 # Accept an I/O operation to a PG that has two copies of an object.
# Ensure you have a realistic number of placement groups. We recommend
# approximately 100 per OSD. E.g., total number of OSDs multiplied by 100