================================================ Observation -1 ================================================== [root@ceph-server ~]# vi /etc/ceph/ceph.conf <=== set "osd heartbeat interval" to -898 [root@ceph-server ~]# systemctl restart ceph-mon@ceph-server [root@ceph-server ~]# ceph daemon /var/run/ceph/ceph-mon.*.asok config show > k [root@ceph-server ~]# vim k "osd_heartbeat_interval": "-898", <======= Negative value is accepted here which is not feasible "osd_heartbeat_grace": "-324", <======= Negative value is accepted here which is not feasible Remark : There should be an error handling for negative value =========================================== Observation -2 ========================================== [root@ceph-server ~]# vi /etc/ceph/ceph.conf <=== set "osd heartbeat interval" to 1BG3 [root@ceph-server ~]# systemctl restart ceph-mon@ceph-server [root@ceph-server ~]# ceph daemon /var/run/ceph/ceph-mon.*.asok config show > k [root@ceph-server ~]# vim k "osd_heartbeat_interval": "6", <======= The behavior is as per expectation "osd_heartbeat_grace": "20",