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  1. .TH VENTI.CONF 6
  2. .SH NAME
  3. venti.conf \- a venti configuration file
  4. .SH DESCRIPTION
  5. A venti configuration file enumerates the various index sections and
  6. arenas that constitute a venti system.
  7. The components are indicated by the name of the file, typically
  8. a disk partition, in which they reside. The configuration
  9. file is the only location that file names are used. Internally,
  10. venti uses the names assigned when the components were formatted
  11. with
  12. .I fmtarenas
  13. or
  14. .I fmtisect
  15. (see
  16. .IR ventiaux (8)).
  17. In particular, by changing the configuration a
  18. component can be copied to a different file.
  19. .PP
  20. The configuration file consists of lines in the form described below.
  21. Lines starting with
  22. .B #
  23. are comments.
  24. .TP
  25. .BI index " name
  26. Names the index for the system.
  27. .TP
  28. .BI arenas " file
  29. .I File
  30. contains a collection of arenas, formatted using
  31. .IR fmtarenas .
  32. .TP
  33. .BI isect " file
  34. .I File
  35. contains an index section, formatted using
  36. .IR fmtisect .
  37. .PP
  38. After formatting a venti system using
  39. .IR fmtindex ,
  40. the order of arenas and index sections should not be changed.
  41. Additional arenas can be appended to the configuration.
  42. .PP
  43. The configuration file optionally holds configuration parameters
  44. for the venti server itself.
  45. These are:
  46. .TP
  47. .BI mem " cachesize
  48. .TP
  49. .BI bcmem " blockcachesize
  50. .TP
  51. .BI icmem " indexcachesize
  52. .TP
  53. .BI addr " ventiaddress
  54. .TP
  55. .BI httpaddr " httpaddress
  56. .TP
  57. .B queuewrites
  58. .PD
  59. See
  60. .IR venti (8)
  61. for descriptions of these variables.
  62. .SH EXAMPLE
  63. .EX
  64. # a sample venti configuration file
  65. #
  66. # formatted with
  67. # venti/fmtarenas arena. /tmp/disks/arenas
  68. # venti/fmtisect isect0 /tmp/disks/isect0
  69. # venti/fmtisect isect1 /tmp/disks/isect1
  70. # venti/fmtindex venti.conf
  71. #
  72. # server is started with
  73. # venti/venti
  74. # the name of the index
  75. index main
  76. # the index sections
  77. isect /tmp/disks/isect0
  78. isect /tmp/disks/isect1
  79. # the arenas
  80. arenas /tmp/disks/arenas
  81. .EE
  82. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  83. .IR venti (8),
  84. .IR ventiaux (8)