diff --git a/group_vars/all b/group_vars/all
index c7edf2957..2c408dcf4 100644
--- a/group_vars/all
+++ b/group_vars/all
@@ -61,7 +61,13 @@ dummy:
 
 ## Client options
 #
-rbd_concurrent_management_ops: 20
+#rbd_cache: "true"
+#rbd_cache_writethrough_until_flush: "true"
+#rbd_concurrent_management_ops: 20
+#rbd_client_directories: false # this will create rbd_client_log_path and rbd_client_admin_socket_path directories with proper permissions, this WON'T work if libvirt and kvm are installed
+#rbd_client_log_file: /var/log/rbd-clients/qemu-guest-$pid.log # must be writable by QEMU and allowed by SELinux or AppArmor
+#rbd_client_log_path: /var/log/rbd-clients/
+#rbd_client_admin_socket_path: /var/run/ceph/rbd-clients/$cluster-$type.$id.$pid.$cctid.asok
 
 ## Monitor options
 #
@@ -136,3 +142,23 @@ rbd_concurrent_management_ops: 20
 # enable this mode _only_ when you have a single node
 # if you don't want it keep the option commented
 #common_single_host_mode: true
+
+
+#############
+# OS TUNING #
+#############
+
+#disable_transparent_hugepage: true
+#disable_swap: true
+#os_tuning_params:
+#  - { name: kernel.pid_max, value: 4194303 }
+#  - { name: fs.file-max, value: 26234859 }
+#  - { name: vm.zone_reclaim_mode, value: 0 }
+#  - { name: vm.vfs_cache_pressure, value: 50 }
+
+
+##########
+# DOCKER #
+##########
+
+#docker: false
diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ceph-common/defaults/main.yml
index 05b3b482f..39def4bd4 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-common/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/defaults/main.yml
@@ -55,10 +55,7 @@ cephx_require_signatures: true # Kernel RBD does NOT support signatures for Kern
 cephx_cluster_require_signatures: true
 cephx_service_require_signatures: false
 max_open_files: 131072
-
-# Logging
 disable_in_memory_logs: true # set this to false while enabling the options below
-rbd_client_log_file: /var/log/qemu/qemu-guest-$pid.log # must be writable by QEMU and allowed by SELinux or AppArmor
 
 # Debug logs
 enable_debug_global: false
@@ -72,7 +69,13 @@ debug_mds_level: 20
 
 ## Client options
 #
+rbd_cache: "true"
+rbd_cache_writethrough_until_flush: "true"
 rbd_concurrent_management_ops: 20
+rbd_client_directories: false # this will create rbd_client_log_path and rbd_client_admin_socket_path directories with proper permissions, this WON'T work if libvirt and kvm are installed
+rbd_client_log_file: /var/log/rbd-clients/qemu-guest-$pid.log # must be writable by QEMU and allowed by SELinux or AppArmor
+rbd_client_log_path: /var/log/rbd-clients/
+rbd_client_admin_socket_path: /var/run/ceph/rbd-clients/$cluster-$type.$id.$pid.$cctid.asok # must be writable by QEMU and allowed by SELinux or AppArmor
 
 ## Monitor options
 #
diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/install_on_debian.yml b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/install_on_debian.yml
index c37c34e9c..76fde548c 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/install_on_debian.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/install_on_debian.yml
@@ -57,3 +57,15 @@
     - ceph-fuse      #|--> however while proceding to rolling upgrades and the 'ceph' package upgrade
     - ceph-mds       #|--> they don't get update so we need to force them
     - libcephfs1     #|
+
+- name: configure rbd clients directories
+  file: >
+    path={{ item }}
+    state=directory
+    owner=libvirt-qemu
+    group=kvm
+    mode=0755
+  with_items:
+   - rbd_client_log_path
+   - rbd_client_admin_socket_path
+  when: rbd_client_directories
diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/install_on_redhat.yml b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/install_on_redhat.yml
index 66ade47d7..2c915210d 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-common/tasks/install_on_redhat.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/tasks/install_on_redhat.yml
@@ -63,3 +63,15 @@
     - "{{ ceph_stable_ice_temp_path }}/kmod-libceph-{{ ceph_stable_ice_kmod }}.rpm"
     - "{{ ceph_stable_ice_temp_path }}/kmod-rbd-{{ ceph_stable_ice_kmod }}.rpm"
   when: ceph_stable_ice
+
+- name: configure rbd clients directories
+  file: >
+    path={{ item }}
+    state=directory
+    owner=qemu
+    group=libvirtd
+    mode=0755
+  with_items:
+   - rbd_client_log_path
+   - rbd_client_admin_socket_path
+  when: rbd_client_directories
diff --git a/roles/ceph-common/templates/ceph.conf.j2 b/roles/ceph-common/templates/ceph.conf.j2
index 4082d634b..1541cd126 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-common/templates/ceph.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/ceph-common/templates/ceph.conf.j2
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@
 {% endif %}
 
 [client]
-  rbd cache = true
+  rbd cache = {{ rbd_cache }}
   rbd cache writethrough until flush = true
   rbd concurrent management ops = {{ rbd_concurrent_management_ops }}
-  admin socket = /var/run/ceph/$cluster-$type.$id.$pid.$cctid.asok # must be writable by QEMU and allowed by SELinux or AppArmor
+  admin socket = {{ rbd_client_admin_socket_path }} # must be writable by QEMU and allowed by SELinux or AppArmor
   log file = {{ rbd_client_log_file }} # must be writable by QEMU and allowed by SELinux or AppArmor
 
 [mon]