Planning for file systems

You can set up your file system as partitions or as a mounted file system from other storage units. However, if you plan to install the RICOH ProcessDirector base product on two computers (an active computer and a backup computer), you must create them on the mounted file system so both computers can access them.
  • On Linux computers that the base product or a Secondary Server feature is installed on:
    • A single partition is the simplest file system setup. The RICOH ProcessDirector installer can create directories in a single partition automatically.
    • Multiple partitions let the system continue functioning when it runs out of space in one partition. If you want to set up file systems in multiple partitions, you need to create and mount the file systems on your computer before you install RICOH ProcessDirector.
    • When setting up partitions of the Linux system for RICOH ProcessDirector, you can use Logical Volume Manager (LVM), Hardware RAID, or separate partitions. Hardware RAID 0 provides the best performance.
    • If you want to use Logical Volume Manager (LVM), you need to set up and mount the file systems on your computer before you install RICOH ProcessDirector.

    • RICOH ProcessDirector does not support file systems created with the 64-bit inode setting.

  • On Windows computers that have application servers installed, you do not have to set up file systems before installation.

When you determine the size and location of file systems, consider these factors:

  • Storage and backup needs
  • Failure recovery

In this section:

  1. File systems for the primary computer
    You can let the RICOH ProcessDirector installer create the directories listed in , or you can create them yourself. If you let RICOH ProcessDirector create them, they are created as directories, not file systems. If you want to use multiple partitions or LVM, you must create the file systems manually before you install RICOH ProcessDirector. Create and mount the /aiw file system before you create the other file systems.
  2. File systems for Linux Secondary Server features
    You can let the RICOH ProcessDirector installer create the directories listed in , or you can create them yourself before you install RICOH ProcessDirector. If you let RICOH ProcessDirector create them, they are created as directories, not file systems. If you want to use multiple partitions, you must create the file systems manually.
Parent topic: Planning for installation