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@dbackeus dbackeus commented Aug 4, 2025

It's now possible to specify a disk to be used for Talos Linux's "EPHEMERAL" partition when applying configuration to a server. Note that this is the partition mounted under /var which contains local Persistent Volumes. So the name "ephemeral" can be confusing / misleading.

We can even support RAID devices for this partition, though they require the mdadm extension and you have to create the array manually before bootstrapping. You will also need a minimum of 3 disks for RAID to work since the install disk can't be RAID'ed and therefore must be separate.

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@dbackeus dbackeus changed the title Support VolumeConfig for EPHEMERAL partition Support VolumeConfig for EPHEMERAL partition including RAID devices Aug 4, 2025
@dbackeus dbackeus merged commit d717f1d into master Aug 4, 2025
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@dbackeus dbackeus deleted the volume-config branch August 4, 2025 13:37
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