diff --git a/doc/source/admin/tuning.rst b/doc/source/admin/tuning.rst index c9c0744e18..1ecd1f78e5 100644 --- a/doc/source/admin/tuning.rst +++ b/doc/source/admin/tuning.rst @@ -215,3 +215,9 @@ use. wish to explore a mix of the ``direct`` deploy interface and caching proxies. Such a configuration can be highly beneficial in wide area deployments. See :ref:`Using proxies for image download `. +* If you're making use of large configuration drives, you may wish to ensure + you're using Swift to store them as opposed to housing them inside of the + database. The entire object and contents are returned whenever Ironic + needs to evaluate the entire node, which can become a performance impact. + For more information on configuration drives, please see + :ref:`Enabling the configuration drive `.