Recommended use of subfolder for storage

donald.m.motsinger · June 21, 2020, 4:26pm

Please add the recommendation to the docs to use a subfolder instead of the root folder of a hard disk for the storagenode.

Everyday we have people in the forum who got disqualified because there was a problem with mounting the drive. In the vast majority of cases it could have been avoided by just simply using a subfolder.

BrightSilence · June 21, 2020, 7:09pm

Completely agree with this one. I would also add the recommendation to move your identity to the same HDD as the data for similar reasons.

Alexey · June 21, 2020, 8:16pm

Concepts Description

<storage-dir> Replace it to the local directory where you want files to be stored on your hard drive for the network.

Please, consider to use a subfolder instead of the root of the disk, it could prevent starting from scratch if the disk is disappearing.

The network-attached location could work, but it is neither supported nor recommended!

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BrightSilence · June 21, 2020, 8:36pm

That’s great, thanks @Alexey!

Concepts	Description
`<storage-dir>`	Replace it to the local directory where you want files to be stored on your hard drive for the network.
	Please, consider to use a subfolder instead of the root of the disk, it could prevent starting from scratch if the disk is disappearing.
	The network-attached location could work, but it is neither supported nor recommended!