Client:
@@ -139,22 +157,26 @@ run: /etc/service/keep-balance: (pid 12520) 2s; run: log: (pid 12519) 2s
h2. Enable delete operations on keepstore volumes
-Ensure your keepstore services have the "delete" operation enabled. Otherwise, even when unneeded data is identified by keep-balance, it will never be deleted from the underlying storage devices.
+Ensure your keepstore services have the "delete" operation enabled. If it is disabled (which is the default), unneeded blocks will be identified by keep-balance, but will never be deleted from the underlying storage devices.
-Either use the @EnableDelete@ flag in your YAML configuration file @/etc/arvados/keepstore/keepstore.yml@:
+Add the @-never-delete=false@ command line flag to your keepstore run script:
-...
-BlobSigningKeyFile: /etc/keepstore/blob-signing.key
-EnableDelete: true
-Listen: :25107
-...
+keepstore -never-delete=false -volume=...
-Or use the @-never-delete=false@ command line flag in your run script:
+{% comment %}
+// To replace the above section when the keepstore page recommends YAML...
+
+Use the @EnableDelete@ flag in your YAML configuration file @/etc/arvados/keepstore/keepstore.yml@:
-keepstore -never-delete=false -volume=...
+...
+BlobSigningKeyFile: /etc/keepstore/blob-signing.key
+EnableDelete: true
+Listen: :25107
+...
+{% endcomment %}