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crushtool -- CRUSH map manipulation tool

.. program:: crushtool

Synopsis

crushtool ( -d map | -c map.txt | --build --num_osds numosds layer1 ... | --test ) [ -o outfile ]

Description

crushtool is a utility that lets you create, compile, decompile
and test CRUSH map files.

CRUSH is a pseudo-random data distribution algorithm that efficiently maps input values (typically data objects) across a heterogeneous, hierarchically structured device map. The algorithm was originally described in detail in the following paper (although it has evolved some since then):

http://www.ssrc.ucsc.edu/Papers/weil-sc06.pdf

The tool has four modes of operation.

.. option:: --compile|-c map.txt

   will compile a plaintext map.txt into a binary map file.

.. option:: --decompile|-d map

   will take the compiled map and decompile it into a plaintext source
   file, suitable for editing.

.. option:: --build --num_osds {num-osds} layer1 ...

   will create map with the given layer structure. See below for a
   detailed explanation.

.. option:: --test

   will perform a dry run of a CRUSH mapping for a range of input
   object names. See below for a detailed explanation.

Unlike other Ceph tools, crushtool does not accept generic options such as --debug-crush from the command line. They can, however, be provided via the CEPH_ARGS environment variable. For instance, to silence all output from the CRUSH subsystem:

CEPH_ARGS="--debug-crush 0" crushtool ...

Running tests with --test

The test mode will use the input crush map ( as specified with -i map ) and perform a dry run of CRUSH mapping or random placement ( if --simulate is set ). On completion, two kinds of reports can be created. 1) The --show-... option outputs human readable information on stderr. 2) The --output-csv option creates CSV files that are documented by the --help-output option.

.. option:: --show-statistics

   For each rule, displays the mapping of each object. For instance::

       CRUSH rule 1 x 24 [11,6]

   shows that object **24** is mapped to devices **[11,6]** by rule
   **1**. At the end of the mapping details, a summary of the
   distribution is displayed. For instance::

       rule 1 (metadata) num_rep 5 result size == 5:    1024/1024

   shows that rule **1** which is named **metadata** successfully
   mapped **1024** objects to **result size == 5** devices when trying
   to map them to **num_rep 5** replicas. When it fails to provide the
   required mapping, presumably because the number of **tries** must
   be increased, a breakdown of the failures is displayed. For instance::

       rule 1 (metadata) num_rep 10 result size == 8:   4/1024
       rule 1 (metadata) num_rep 10 result size == 9:   93/1024
       rule 1 (metadata) num_rep 10 result size == 10:  927/1024

   shows that although **num_rep 10** replicas were required, **4**
   out of **1024** objects ( **4/1024** ) were mapped to **result size
   == 8** devices only.

.. option:: --show-bad-mappings

   Displays which object failed to be mapped to the required number of
   devices. For instance::

     bad mapping rule 1 x 781 num_rep 7 result [8,10,2,11,6,9]

   shows that when rule **1** was required to map **7** devices, it
   could map only six : **[8,10,2,11,6,9]**.

.. option:: --show-utilization

   Displays the expected and actual utilisation for each device, for
   each number of replicas. For instance::

     device 0: stored : 951      expected : 853.333
     device 1: stored : 963      expected : 853.333
     ...

   shows that device **0** stored **951** objects and was expected to store **853**.
   Implies **--show-statistics**.

.. option:: --show-utilization-all

   Displays the same as **--show-utilization** but does not suppress
   output when the weight of a device is zero.
   Implies **--show-statistics**.

.. option:: --show-choose-tries

   Displays how many attempts were needed to find a device mapping.
   For instance::

      0:     95224
      1:      3745
      2:      2225
      ..

   shows that **95224** mappings succeeded without retries, **3745**
   mappings succeeded with one attempts, etc. There are as many rows
   as the value of the **--set-choose-total-tries** option.

.. option:: --output-csv

   Creates CSV files (in the current directory) containing information
   documented by **--help-output**. The files are named after the rule
   used when collecting the statistics. For instance, if the rule
   : 'metadata' is used, the CSV files will be::

      metadata-absolute_weights.csv
      metadata-device_utilization.csv
      ...

   The first line of the file shortly explains the column layout. For
   instance::

      metadata-absolute_weights.csv
      Device ID, Absolute Weight
      0,1
      ...

.. option:: --output-name NAME

   Prepend **NAME** to the file names generated when **--output-csv**
   is specified. For instance **--output-name FOO** will create
   files::

      FOO-metadata-absolute_weights.csv
      FOO-metadata-device_utilization.csv
      ...

The --set-... options can be used to modify the tunables of the input crush map. The input crush map is modified in memory. For example:

$ crushtool -i mymap --test --show-bad-mappings
bad mapping rule 1 x 781 num_rep 7 result [8,10,2,11,6,9]

could be fixed by increasing the choose-total-tries as follows:

$ crushtool -i mymap --test
--show-bad-mappings --set-choose-total-tries 500

Building a map with --build

The build mode will generate hierarchical maps. The first argument specifies the number of devices (leaves) in the CRUSH hierarchy. Each layer describes how the layer (or devices) preceding it should be grouped.

Each layer consists of:

bucket ( uniform | list | tree | straw ) size

The bucket is the type of the buckets in the layer (e.g. "rack"). Each bucket name will be built by appending a unique number to the bucket string (e.g. "rack0", "rack1"...).

The second component is the type of bucket: straw should be used most of the time.

The third component is the maximum size of the bucket. A size of zero means a bucket of infinite capacity.

Example

Suppose we have two rows with two racks each and 20 nodes per rack. Suppose each node contains 4 storage devices for Ceph OSD Daemons. This configuration allows us to deploy 320 Ceph OSD Daemons. Lets assume a 42U rack with 2U nodes, leaving an extra 2U for a rack switch.

To reflect our hierarchy of devices, nodes, racks and rows, we would execute the following:

$ crushtool -o crushmap --build --num_osds 320 \
       node straw 4 \
       rack straw 20 \
       row straw 2 \
       root straw 0
# id        weight  type name       reweight
-87 320     root root
-85 160             row row0
-81 80                      rack rack0
-1  4                               node node0
0   1                                       osd.0   1
1   1                                       osd.1   1
2   1                                       osd.2   1
3   1                                       osd.3   1
-2  4                               node node1
4   1                                       osd.4   1
5   1                                       osd.5   1
...

CRUSH rulesets are created so the generated crushmap can be tested. They are the same rulesets as the one created by default when creating a new Ceph cluster. They can be further edited with:

# decompile
crushtool -d crushmap -o map.txt

# edit
emacs map.txt

# recompile
crushtool -c map.txt -o crushmap

Availability

crushtool is part of Ceph, a massively scalable, open-source, distributed storage system. Please refer to the Ceph documentation at http://ceph.com/docs for more information.

See also

:doc:`ceph <ceph>`(8), :doc:`osdmaptool <osdmaptool>`(8),

Authors

John Wilkins, Sage Weil, Loic Dachary