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2. Setting Up a Storage Cluster¶

This chapter provides information on setting up a Storage cluster. It starts with an overview of the Storage setup and then describes each setup step in detail.

Warning

Do not run console commands described in this chapter if you have the Storage management panel installed. Doing so may break your Storage installation. Instead, perform the same tasks via the management panel as explained in the Storage Administrator’s Guide.

In this chapter:

2.1. Setup Overview
2.2. Configuring Cluster Discovery
2.3. Preparing Disks for Storage
- 2.3.1. Preparing Disks for Chunk Servers
- 2.3.2. Preparing SSDs for Write Journaling or Caching
2.4. Cache Configuration
2.5. Setting Up the First Metadata Server
- 2.5.1. Stage 1: Preparing to Create the First MDS Server
- 2.5.2. Stage 2: Creating the First MDS Server
2.6. Setting Up Chunk Servers
- 2.6.1. Stage 1: Preparing to Create a Chunk Server
- 2.6.2. Stage 2: Creating a Chunk Server
  - 2.6.2.1. Creating Host UUIDs for Chunk Servers
2.7. Setting Up Clients

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