From 555a54ec4063f253e2afdc54a07c43d6d3cb582d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Auvolat Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:40:49 +0100 Subject: doc precisions and fixes --- doc/book/cookbook/monitoring.md | 5 +++-- doc/book/cookbook/real-world.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/book/cookbook') diff --git a/doc/book/cookbook/monitoring.md b/doc/book/cookbook/monitoring.md index fd014c4e..8206f645 100644 --- a/doc/book/cookbook/monitoring.md +++ b/doc/book/cookbook/monitoring.md @@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ block_resync_queue_length 0 The number of block hashes that we were unable to resync last time we tried. **THIS SHOULD BE ZERO, OR FALL BACK TO ZERO RAPIDLY, IN A HEALTHY CLUSTER.** +Persistent nonzero values indicate that some data is likely to be lost. ``` block_resync_errored_blocks 0 @@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ rpc_request_counter{from="",rpc_endpoint="garage_block/manager.rs/Rpc #### `rpc_netapp_error_counter` (counter) -Number of communication errors (errors in the Netapp library) +Number of communication errors (errors in the Netapp library, generally due to disconnected nodes) ``` rpc_netapp_error_counter{from="",rpc_endpoint="garage_block/manager.rs/Rpc",to=""} 354 @@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ rpc_netapp_error_counter{from="",rpc_endpoint="garage_block/manager.r #### `rpc_timeout_counter` (counter) -Number of RPC timeouts +Number of RPC timeouts, should be close to zero in a healthy cluster. ``` rpc_timeout_counter{from="",rpc_endpoint="garage_rpc/membership.rs/SystemRpc",to=""} 1 diff --git a/doc/book/cookbook/real-world.md b/doc/book/cookbook/real-world.md index f0fe3bd1..0571969f 100644 --- a/doc/book/cookbook/real-world.md +++ b/doc/book/cookbook/real-world.md @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ to store 2 TB of data in total. - For the data directory, Garage already does checksumming and integrity verification, so there is no need to use a filesystem such as BTRFS or ZFS that does it. We recommend using XFS for the data partition, as it has the best performance. - Ext4 is not recommended as it has more strict limitations on the number of inodes, + EXT4 is not recommended as it has more strict limitations on the number of inodes, which might cause issues with Garage when large numbers of objects are stored. - If you only have an HDD and no SSD, it's fine to put your metadata alongside the data -- cgit v1.2.3