Bug 1815005 - Explain the CPU units mentioned in node requirements
Summary: Explain the CPU units mentioned in node requirements
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage
Classification: Red Hat Storage
Component: documentation
Version: 4.2
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
: OCS 4.3.0
Assignee: Olive Lakra
QA Contact: Oded
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Blocks: 1797537
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-03-19 10:04 UTC by Afreen
Modified: 2020-04-16 14:36 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2020-04-16 14:36:41 UTC
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Description Afreen 2020-03-19 10:04:21 UTC
Description of problem (please be detailed as possible and provide log
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The docs for Node requirements mention 16 CPU as the requirement but it does not clarify that these CPUs are not actually physical CPUs

Actually Nodes are K8s entity and as per K8s docs, the unit CPU has different mapping for different platforms.[Attached doc link in additional info]


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Steps to Reproduce:
1.Go to https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openshift_container_storage/4.2/html-single/planning_your_deployment/index#node_requirements


Actual results:
No explanation for CPU unit

Expected results:
Explain CPU unit by adding k8s doc link

Additional info:
K8s docs: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/assign-cpu-resource/#cpu-units

OCS doc: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openshift_container_storage/4.2/html-single/planning_your_deployment/index#node_requirements

Comment 3 Oded 2020-04-02 13:31:06 UTC
Need change OCS doc.

Link to doc:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openshift_container_storage/4.2/html-single/planning_your_deployment/index#node_requirements

Minimum requirements for each starting node (OSD+MON)

Replace: 16 CPUs ->16 units of CPU (per platform)

Requirements for each additional node (OSD only)

Replace: Replace: 16 CPUs ->16 units of CPU (per platform)


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