Mounting separate disk for OpenShift 4 etcd

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Issue

  • How to mount a separate disk for etcd on OpenShift control plane nodes.
  • How to mount a separate disk for /var/lib/etcd on OpenShift master nodes.
  • Due to bad etcd disk performance, a separate disk for etcd is needed.
  • Following the recommendations in etcd backend performance requirements for OpenShift, it's needed to configure a separate disk for etcd in our installed cluster.
  • There is a way to separate /var/lib/containers to a different disk: Mounting separate disk for OpenShift 4 container storage. Is it possible to do the same with /var/lib/etcd?
  • Bad etcd performance.

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP)
    • 4
  • etcd

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