Hi Navneet, you could set /instances_path/ to another directory or simply mount your 8T filesystem under //var/lib/nova/instances/ cheers, hauke --- original message timestamp: Thursday, November 05, 2015 04:31:49 PM from: Navneet Singh <navneet.singh2012 at gmail.com> to: openstack at lists.openstack.org cc: subject: [Openstack] Add external storage to openstack message id: <CAOCzzUKnLoqqYyg9Hn=Vfiz-6bhgJDV1OgX=ktA- eDyCehbyhg at mail.gmail.com> > Hi All > > I installed openstack kilo on an ubuntu linux-server 14.04 using devstack. > I installed ubuntu and openstack kilo on a 512GB SSD (sda1). I also have > 8TB HDD (sdb1) storage connected to the same system. > > Now I want that all my instances that i launch take up space 8TB drive when > i look on the 8TB drive, but it seems it is using space on my SSD. Also > here openstack gui shows no sign of that 8TB drive. > > Please help me in understanding why is it so and what can be configured or > steps I can follow to get desired goal. > > -- > Regards > Navneet -- Hauke Bruno Wollentin (Infrastructure Engineer Cloud) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack/attachments/20151105/49ddb89d/attachment.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack/attachments/20151105/49ddb89d/attachment.sig>