Ceph: Designing and Implementing Scalable Storage Systems
by Michael Hackett, Vikhyat Umrao, Karan Singh, Nick Fisk
Avoiding data loss
Firstly, make sure you have working and tested backups of your data; in the event of an outage you will feel a million times more relaxed if you know that in the worst cases, you can fall back to backups. While an outage may cause discomfort for your users or customers, informing them that their data, which they had entrusted you with, is now gone and is far worse. Also, just because you have a backup system in place, do not blindly put your trust in it. Regular test restores will mean that you will be able to rely on them when needed.
Don't use configuration options, such as nobarrier, and strongly consider the replication level you use with in Ceph to protect your data. The chances of data loss are strongly linked to ...
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