Hello Everyone,

I couldn't find any resource so far on how to setup partitions on the backend. There is a reference about partitions on the OBS Architecture page [1] in the reference guide, but no instructions on how to go about setting things up.

While searching the archives of this list, I came across one thread where Adrian suggested [2] what is explained in BSConfig.pm.

I want to split backends for "existing" projects (let's say, home:). From what I understand from reading code, only "newer" content will be pushed / moved to the partitioned servers. My questions are:

- What contents should I be moving to the new partitioned server? (e.g., partitioning home: projects) * /srv/obs/build/home:* * /srv/obs/repos/home:/*

- Do I need move any other data?

- Do I need to stop all backend services on the main server before moving this data? I'm assuming yes, but wanted a confirmation.

- Do I need to run or check something else after moving the data over to partitioned server(s)?

Regards, Srinidhi.

[1] https://openbuildservice.org/help/manuals/obs-reference-guide/cha.obs.archit... [2] https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-buildservice/2016-07/msg00041.html