iSCSI Gateway Requirements

To implement the Ceph iSCSI gateway there are a few requirements. It is recommended to use two to four iSCSI gateway nodes for a highly available Ceph iSCSI gateway solution.

For hardware recommendations, see 硬件推荐 for more details.

Note

On the iSCSI gateway nodes, the memory footprint of the RBD images can grow to a large size. Plan memory requirements accordingly based off the number RBD images mapped.

There are no specific iSCSI gateway options for the Ceph Monitors or OSDs, but it is important to lower the default timers for detecting down OSDs to reduce the possibility of initiator timeouts. The following configuration options are suggested for each OSD node in the storage cluster:

[osd]
osd heartbeat grace = 20
osd heartbeat interval = 5
  • Online Updating Using the Ceph Monitor

    ceph tell <daemon_type>.<id> config set <parameter_name> <new_value>
    
    ceph tell osd.0 config set osd_heartbeat_grace 20
    ceph tell osd.0 config set osd_heartbeat_interval 5
    
  • Online Updating on the OSD Node

    ceph daemon <daemon_type>.<id> config set osd_client_watch_timeout 15
    
    ceph daemon osd.0 config set osd_heartbeat_grace 20
    ceph daemon osd.0 config set osd_heartbeat_interval 5
    

For more details on setting Ceph’s configuration options, see 配置 Ceph.