Move Node DBs to OS SSD ON Win GUI

the1337moderate · January 8, 2023, 4:50am

Just wanted to say that this is now possible and is supported. There is a config option that was added in at least 1.4.2

github.com/storj/storj

Allow SNOs to specify database storage location separate from data blob

opened 04:00AM - 21 Jun 19 UTC

closed 10:53PM - 14 Sep 22 UTC

JL421

Enhancement SNO

This request is to allow a SNO to specify a separate database location from thei…r data blob location. As the amount of data stored on a node grows I've noticed that maintaining the database starts to take more and more IOs from handling data reads and writes. With 1 TB stored I've noticed a 20% loss in performance vs an empty node following the updates that delete all stored data. Most SNOs will not have their data directory on fast storage, but would more readily be able to store the database on fast disk. This shouldn't cause a major issue with overall network reliability as SNOs that would chase the performance edge would probably have mechanisms in place to combat the increased failure domain of splitting the database from the data.