[LU-11137] Enable ZFS compression on MDT by default Created: 10/Jul/18  Updated: 16/Jan/22  Resolved: 16/Jan/22

Status: Resolved
Project: Lustre
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Lustre 2.12.0
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug Priority: Minor
Reporter: Andreas Dilger Assignee: Mikhail Pershin
Resolution: Incomplete Votes: 0
Labels: DoM2

Severity: 3
Rank (Obsolete): 9223372036854775807

 Description   

We should enable data compression on ZFS MDT filesystems by default in mkfs.lustre for new MDTs. There is already ZFS compression for metadata enabled at all times, but with DoM we will also store data on the MDT.

Since the MDT will typically also be located on flash storage, from a cost and performance perspective it makes sense to compress the data that is stored there.



 Comments   
Comment by Andreas Dilger [ 11/Jul/18 ]

It would be good to verify that this does not affect performance on the MDT significantly.

Comment by Mikhail Pershin [ 16/Jan/22 ]

Andreas, is this still worth to implement or outdated?

Comment by Andreas Dilger [ 16/Jan/22 ]

This is probably something that should be decided by the admin. Unlike ldiskfs, it is possible to change ZFS configuration after installation, so enabling compression can be done at any time.

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