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Images ​

A screen for viewing RBD (Rados Block Device) block images. In System Mode you view system-wide (all-domain) images. Lifecycle operations such as image creation and resizing are performed on the Compute/domain side; this screen is view-oriented.

  • Navigation path: Storage Admin › Block › Images
  • Search: Search images by attributes · Read-only

Use the left sidebar to move to each Storage Admin screen (Cluster·Block·File·Object·Monitoring).

Sidebar (SNB)
No.FeatureItemDescription
1-1DashboardDashboard· Inventory·Capacity·Cluster utilization summary.
1-2PoolsPools· View Ceph storage pools·PGs.
1-3HostsHosts· Storage node hardware·OSD configuration.
1-4OSDsOSDs· Object Storage Daemon status·capacity.
1-5Physical disksPhysical disks· View physical disks·Identify.
1-6ImagesImages· RBD block images.
1-7File systemsFile systems· CephFS file systems.
1-8BucketsBuckets· System-wide S3 buckets.
1-9Overall performanceOverall performance· Pools·OSDs·Hosts·Images performance metrics.

Search the list by attribute.

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List table ​

RBD block image list (view). Many columns, so it scrolls horizontally.

List table
No.FeatureItemDescription
3-1ColumnsName / Data pool / DomainImage name / data pool / owning domain.
NamespaceNamespace.
Size / Usage / Total provisionedSize·usage·total provisioned capacity.
Objects / Object sizeObject count·object size.
Parent / MirroringParent image (clone) / mirroring status.
Next scheduled snapshotTime of next scheduled snapshot.

Detail (Image Detail) ​

Clicking an image Name navigates to the detail screen. The header has Pool · Size cards, and it consists of 4 tabs.

TabContent
DetailsName · Pool · Data pool · Created · Size · Objects · Object size · Provisioned · Total provisioned · Striping unit/count
SnapshotsName · Status · Size · Created
ConfigurationRBD setting Name(key) · Value · Source(Global/Pool/Image)
PerformanceIOPS · Throughput · Average Latency (Read/Write)

RBD Features reference ​

FeatureDescription
layeringClone support
exclusive-lockExclusive locking
object-mapObject map
fast-diffFast diff
deep-flattenDeep flattening

Next steps ​

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