CephFS Metadata Server

Learn about the different states of the Ceph File System (CephFS) Metadata Server (MDS), along with learning about CephFS MDS ranking mechanics, configuring the MDS standby daemon, and cache size limits. Knowing these concepts help you configure the MDS daemons for a storage environment.

Before you begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites in place:
  • A running, and operational IBM Storage Ceph cluster.

    For more information, see Installing.

  • Ceph Metadata Server daemons (ceph-mds) installed.