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@dmick @jcsp 
I am pretty happy with this.
There are still a few TODOs in the code and I've reached the point where I need some fresh eyes and sleep.
Created a new pull request to catch your attention.
I need to fix the minion-sim test variant for crush maps. It works fine against a real cluster.

Thank you for the suggestion. I will make this more clear before merge.