"ceph daemon osd.x ops" shows ops currently in flight, the number is different from "ceph osd status <bucket>". Is the number of ops in "ceph osd status <bucket>" also the ops currently in flight? root@osd021:~# ceph daemon osd.636 ops { "ops": [], "num_ops": 0 } root@osd021:~# ceph osd status osd021 +-----+--------+-------+-------+--------+---------+--------+---------+-----------+ | id | host | used | avail | wr ops | wr data | rd ops | rd data | state | +-----+--------+-------+-------+--------+---------+--------+---------+-----------+ | 37 | osd021 | 542G | 1134G | 22 | 225k | 12 | 274k | exists,up | | 91 | osd021 | 567G | 1109G | 38 | 281k | 12 | 1006k | exists,up | | 147 | osd021 | 551G | 1125G | 32 | 307k | 4 | 247k | exists,up | | 201 | osd021 | 549G | 1127G | 82 | 1505k | 5 | 42.4k | exists,up | | 264 | osd021 | 1503G | 2222G | 3 | 55.2k | 4 | 12.2k | exists,up | | 317 | osd021 | 1537G | 2188G | 13 | 138k | 1 | 6190 | exists,up | | 375 | osd021 | 1369G | 2356G | 1 | 834k | 5 | 67.4k | exists,up | | 430 | osd021 | 1424G | 2301G | 1 | 8192 | 6 | 1661k | exists,up | | 480 | osd021 | 1435G | 2289G | 3 | 16.6k | 2 | 42.4k | exists,up | | 535 | osd021 | 1494G | 2231G | 2 | 12.0k | 1 | 27.8k | exists,up | | 584 | osd021 | 1484G | 2241G | 1 | 5529 | 1 | 12.7k | exists,up | | 636 | osd021 | 1394G | 2331G | 2 | 850k | 406 | 78.1M | exists,up | +-----+--------+-------+-------+--------+---------+--------+---------+-----------+