diff --git a/gui/README.md b/gui/README.md index 44450a5076c126e9921e80eaa52f5504e66b2ede..f8c29796995a19451ce345b6853ca13b7f841bbe 100644 --- a/gui/README.md +++ b/gui/README.md @@ -102,3 +102,12 @@ os_distro=ubuntu # example ## Add SWAP file to instance By default VMs after creation do not have SWAP partition. If you need to add a SWAP file to your system you can download and run [script](https://gitlab.ics.muni.cz/cloud/cloud-tools/blob/master/swap.sh) that create SWAP file on your VM. + +## Local SSDs + +Default MetaCentrum Cloud storage is implemented via CEPH storage cluster deployed on top of HDDs. This configuration should be sufficient for most cases. +For instances, that requires high throughput and IOPS, it is possible to utilize hypervizor local SSDs. Requirements for instances on hypervizor local SSD: +* instances can be deployed only via API (CLI, Ansible, Terraform ...), instances deployed via web gui (Horizon) will always use CEPH for it's storage +* supported only by flavors with ssd-ephem suffix (e.g. hpc.4core-16ram-ssd-ephem) +* instances can be rebooted without prior notice or you can be required to delete them +* you can request them, when asking for new project, or for existing project on cloud@metacentrum.cz