19215: Make recommendations about disk space usage

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 h3. Machine specification
 
-You will need a dedicated (virtual) machine for your Arvados server with at least 2 cores and 8 GiB of RAM (4+ cores / 16+ GiB recommended) running a supported Linux distribution:
+You will need a dedicated (virtual) machine for your Arvados server with at least 2 cores and 8 GiB of RAM (4+ cores / 16+ GiB recommended if you are running workflows) running a supported Linux distribution:
 
 {% include 'supportedlinux' %}
 
+The single host install stores user data in a PostgreSQL database (usually found under @/var/lib/postgresql@) and as Keep blocks that are stored as files under @/var/lib/arvados/@.
+Arvados logs are also kept in @/var/log@ and @/var/www/arvados-api/shared/log@.  Accordingly, you should ensure that the disk partition containing @/var@ has adequate storage for your planned usage.  We suggest starting with 50GiB of free space.
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 h3(#DNS). DNS hostnames for each service
 
 If you are using a single hostname for all services (they will be distingushed by listening port), you can skip this section.