Server Disk Drive Requirements
This article describes the disk drives requirements for servers when hosting Rox.Chat at the customer's facilities.
If several partitions are created on the disk drive, the largest one (500 GB) should be mapped to the /var directory (both on the application server and DBMS). The space reserve under /var is critical for uninterrupted operation.
The following are recommendations for disk drives partitioning on an application server. The information provided is only for code and data directly related to Rox.Chat Server. Additional components are not considered here.
Placing Code on the Disk Drive
It is recommended to place the code on an SSD disk together with the OS. A 128 GB drive will be sufficient for the code.
| Code | Directories | Space |
|---|---|---|
| Configuration files | /etc |
1 MB |
| Additional component binaries | /usr/share + /usr/local/bin |
600 MB |
| Executables Rox.Chat Server | /opt/roxchat |
100 MB |
| Additional files | /var/local + /var/run |
100 MB |
Placing Data on the Disk Drive
| Data | Directory | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|
| Server logs | /var/log |
5 GB | 50 GB |
| Server caches | /var/cache |
1 GB | 10 GB |
| User data | /var/pro |
10 GB | 400 GB |
It may be advisable to put user data on a separate SSD disk (500 GB or more) equipped with RAID, or connect an external NAS via NFS and place this data on it.
On the storage partitions we recommend using one of the file systems: ext3, ext4, NFS. Ideally, it is possible to work on other file systems as well, but it is guaranteed to work on these file systems.