Added snapshotless observing squad in the integrators section #749
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| Whenever a node is executing the trie snapshotting process, the accounts data fetching & vm-query operations are greatly affected. | ||
| This is caused by the fact that the snapshotting operation consumes a large number of CPU cycles along with disk iops. | ||
| The nodes started with the flag `--operation-mode snapshotless-observer` will not create trie snapshots on every epoch and will | ||
| also prune the trie storage in order to save space. |
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There's an unnecessary newline above (markdown renderer will ignore it, anyway).
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| If you already have an observing squad, and you want to transform it into a snapshotless observing squad, the | ||
| easiest way is to manually edit the service file `/etc/systemd/system/elrond-node-x.service` (with `sudo`) and | ||
| append the `-operation-mode snapshotless-observer` flag at the end of the `ExecStart=` line. | ||
| In the end, the file should look like: |
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I am not sure, perhaps the editor splits the lines? When writing markdown, I usually only use newlines when changing paragraphs (just an opinion).
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| User=jls | ||
| WorkingDirectory=/home/ubuntu/elrond-nodes/node-0 |
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Perhaps, at some point, the installation scripts should create a symlink (mvx-nodes)?
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will fix that with @valentin-lup in the future
| @@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ const sidebars = { | |||
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| "integrators/observing-squad", | |||
| "integrators/deep-history-squad", | |||
| "integrators/snapshotless-observing-squad", | |||
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I would put the snapshotless-observing-squad page above the deep-history-squad.
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Indeed. More use-cases, more integrators that require snapshotless squads - as opposed to deep-history squads (more exotic, less used).
…rators' into snapshotless-observers-for-integrators
| ``` | ||
| NODE_EXTRA_FLAGS="-log-save -operation-mode snapshotless-observer" | ||
| ``` | ||
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| After that, wou can resume following the normal observer squad installation steps. | ||
| After that, you can resume the normal Observer Squad installation steps. |
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