Hi,

> b) Make the snapshot location share the diskspace of /var/log?

+1 for that. And +1 for using hard links to save space during snapshot
creation.

Regards,
Alex

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:12 PM, Artem Panchenko <apanche...@mirantis.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> doesn't matter how /var partition is big, diagnostic snapshot still could
> occupy all its space if there are lots of logs on slave nodes. Although, we
> can try to control disk space usage by snapshot in shotgun, but IMHO it's
> much safer to keep all related to logs staff away from critical system
> files, so I'm voting for 2nd (b) option. By the way it will allow us to use
> hard links for fast copying of files before creating tarball, because one
> partition for storing logs and snapshot will be used.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> On 12.01.16 12:47, Maciej Kwiek wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I need some advice on how to tackle this issue. There is a bug [1]
> describing the problem with creating a diagnostic snapshot. The issue is
> that /var/log has 100GB available, while /var (where diagnostic snapshot is
> being generated - /var/www/nailgun/dump/fuel-snapshot according to [2]) has
> 10GB available, so dumping the logs can be an issue when logs size exceed
> free space in /var.
>
> There are several things we could do, but I am unsure on which course to
> take. Should we
> a) Allocate more disk space for /var/www (or for whole /var)?
> b) Make the snapshot location share the diskspace of /var/log?
> c) Something else? What?
>
> Please share your thoughts on this.
>
> Cheers,
> Maciej Kwiek
>
> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/fuel/+bug/1529182
> [2]
> https://github.com/openstack/fuel-web/blob/2855a9ba925c146b4802ab3cd2185f1dce2d8a6a/nailgun/nailgun/settings.yaml#L717
>
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