From b354034fdccb786f5058496e1ad6e126da54094c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Craig <mark.craig@forgerock.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:29:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] A bit more advice about disk space needed, based on Matt's suggestions on opendj-dev@forgerock.org. (In other words, try it and see.)

---
 opendj3/src/main/docbkx/install-guide/chap-before-you-install.xml |    6 +++++-
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/opendj3/src/main/docbkx/install-guide/chap-before-you-install.xml b/opendj3/src/main/docbkx/install-guide/chap-before-you-install.xml
index 8f2418a..2982d9c 100644
--- a/opendj3/src/main/docbkx/install-guide/chap-before-you-install.xml
+++ b/opendj3/src/main/docbkx/install-guide/chap-before-you-install.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@
    can also take up space.</para>
    <para>Finally, it makes sense to leave space for growth in the database size
    as you modify and add entries over time.</para></footnote>
-  </para>
+  To get a more accurate estimate of the disk space needed, import a known
+  fraction of the initial LDIF with OpenDJ configured as for production, run
+  tests based on the estimated rates of change and growth in directory data,
+  and then use the actual space used in the test environment to estimate how
+  much disk space you need in production.</para>
    
   <para>OpenDJ directory servers almost always benefit from having enough
   system memory to cache all directory database files used. The reason

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