From c6fadb7472a73783a7cc7b362c0af2a41cfb9846 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "mergify[bot]" <37929162+mergify[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 14:16:53 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] v1.17: docs: Removes accounts-on-ramdisk section (backport of #33655) (#33657) (cherry picked from commit 99542d9b59ef9c6d8ace283e5d893e7329f4c193) Co-authored-by: Brooks <brooks@solana.com> --- docs/src/running-validator/validator-start.md | 34 ------------------- 1 file changed, 34 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/src/running-validator/validator-start.md b/docs/src/running-validator/validator-start.md index d30533abd54b87..16940dc7030d45 100644 --- a/docs/src/running-validator/validator-start.md +++ b/docs/src/running-validator/validator-start.md @@ -431,40 +431,6 @@ solana-validator ..."); otherwise, when logrotate sends its signal to the validator, the enclosing script will die and take the validator process with it. -### Using a ramdisk with spill-over into swap for the accounts database to reduce SSD wear - -If your machine has plenty of RAM, a tmpfs ramdisk -([tmpfs](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/tmpfs.5.html)) may be used to hold -the accounts database - -When using tmpfs it's essential to also configure swap on your machine as well to -avoid running out of tmpfs space periodically. - -A 300GB tmpfs partition is recommended, with an accompanying 250GB swap -partition. - -Example configuration: - -1. `sudo mkdir /mnt/solana-accounts` -2. Add a 300GB tmpfs partition by adding a new line containing `tmpfs /mnt/solana-accounts tmpfs rw,size=300G,user=sol 0 0` to `/etc/fstab` - (assuming your validator is running under the user "sol"). **CAREFUL: If you - incorrectly edit /etc/fstab your machine may no longer boot** -3. Create at least 250GB of swap space - -- Choose a device to use in place of `SWAPDEV` for the remainder of these instructions. - Ideally select a free disk partition of 250GB or greater on a fast disk. If one is not - available, create a swap file with `sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1MiB count=250KiB`, - set its permissions with `sudo chmod 0600 /swapfile` and use `/swapfile` as `SWAPDEV` for - the remainder of these instructions -- Format the device for usage as swap with `sudo mkswap SWAPDEV` - -4. Add the swap file to `/etc/fstab` with a new line containing `SWAPDEV swap swap defaults 0 0` -5. Enable swap with `sudo swapon -a` and mount the tmpfs with `sudo mount /mnt/solana-accounts/` -6. Confirm swap is active with `free -g` and the tmpfs is mounted with `mount` - -Now add the `--accounts /mnt/solana-accounts` argument to your `solana-validator` -command-line arguments and restart the validator. - ### Account indexing As the number of populated accounts on the cluster grows, account-data RPC