On 04/27/2017 08:51 AM, Daniel Walsh wrote: > On 04/27/2017 06:44 AM, Giuseppe Scrivano wrote: >> Mounting a partition at /var wouldn't work with system containers. >> >> System containers are stored in the OSTree storage and on Atomic Host >> they are checked out to /ostree/deploy/$OS/var/lib/containers/atomic/ so >> that the checkout and the OSTree storage are on the same file system. >> This is required to use hard links instead of copying files from OSTree. >> >> Regards, >> Giuseppe > > Thanks for giving us a clue. This breaks the assumptions that spawned > this conversation. yes it does break the assumptions > > We want to keep system containers on the same file system as /usr, and > since we use OSTRee > > and most system containers will match the arch, then we should see a lot > of sharing so much smaller > > disk usage then if they were standard docker images. Dusty what do you > think? I guess we should think about increasing the size of the "root" > file system to handle the need of system containers. > hmm, i still don't like having possibly unbounded use of root FS for system containers - if not much is shared then a lot more space could be used. i'm going to show how little I know with this question, but would it be possible to have a separate partition for system containers that was essentially xfs + an overlayfs of the host filesystem? _______________________________________________ cloud mailing list -- cloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to cloud-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
