How to add a SSD drive to a server participating in a Paralells Cloud Storage Cluster. The documentation shows how to add a SSD to a PCS server running each of the MDS, CS and Client functions; this article combines all the instructions for a server to provide all three functions, and mimics the setup you get by letting the PCS installation configure the SSD.

Adding a new hardware node to a PCS cluster is really easy, as the PCS installer does most of the work. There are a few things that need to be done manually though, and this is my standard post-install task list.

Software Updates

For security and to run consistent kernel versions with other nodes which are already up-to-date.