Bug 1831398

Summary: Add a note about block_size of SSD compatibility with volume group
Product: [Red Hat Storage] Red Hat Gluster Storage Reporter: SATHEESARAN <sasundar>
Component: doc-Deploying_RHHIAssignee: Laura Bailey <lbailey>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: SATHEESARAN <sasundar>
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Version: rhhiv-1.8CC: asriram, chris.smart, rhs-bugs
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Target Release: RHHI-V 1.8   
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Last Closed: 2020-08-11 13:15:31 UTC Type: Bug
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Description SATHEESARAN 2020-05-05 04:46:19 UTC 
Description of problem:
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LVM cache uses the mechanism to add fast device(SSD) to slow device (HDD) in the same Volume Group(VG), to make fast device(SSD) to act as a cache for slow device.

In this case, fast device(SSD)'s disk block size should be same as that of the disks in that VG. 

Also VDO volume is now created with disk block size as 4K. In this case, SSD that gets attached to thinpool created with VDO devices, should have its block size as 4K.

If the above compatibility is not present, RHHI-V deployment will fail

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
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RHHI-V deployment guides 1.8

How reproducible:
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Always

Expected results:
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Deployment guide of single node, 3 node, RHEL based guides, should add this to requirements for 'Disk'
1. If there is plan to make use of LVM cache for VDO devices, then the block size of that fast device(SSD) should be 4K
2. If LVM cache is used for non-VDO devices, make sure that the disk block size of slow device(HDD) and fast device(SSD) matches.
Comment 1 SATHEESARAN 2020-05-05 04:47:29 UTC 
We also need to include this info in the bricks tab section, where we describe about LVM cache