For swift storage nodes, is it necessary that you create a new partition of xxGB and mount it as a mount point of its own ?
If I have 1TB on my mount point /, can't I just create /srv/node without creating a unique partition for it and use the storage node ? And in case if you do need a partition for mount point, is it safe to create a partition within my 1TB / partition ?
You can set mount_check = false in the various Swift config files to let you use a plain old directory that isn't a mount point.
The usual reason for setting that is to avoid scribbling objects onto the root filesystem. If you've got, say, a 1TB root and 48 4TB data disks, then you'll definitely want mount_check = true (the default). Otherwise, you get one or two disks unmounted and then replication fills up your root filesystem.
Hi, use a single partition per drive. There is no compulsion of creating new partition of xxGb. You can also try with simple small xxGB external drive also.
Asked: 2015-02-12 17:04:58 -0500
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Last updated: Feb 15 '15
