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pages/bare_metal_cloud/dedicated_servers/partitioning_ovh/guide.de-de.md

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 title: 'OVHcloud API and Storage (EN)'
 excerpt: 'Find out what the OVHcloud API provides in order to customize the disks, hardware/software RAID and partitioning configuration during the server OS reinstallation'
-updated: 2025-02-25
+updated: 2025-06-04
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 ## Objective
@@ -538,14 +538,14 @@ The following table gives an overview of well known customer errors and how to f
 
 |Error message|Details|Solution(s)|
 |---|---|---|
-|Partition of type `t` with mountpoint `m` cannot fill the disk.|You have chosen the `swap` partition to fill the disk (or partition with size 0 when defined within the [OVHcloud API](/links/api)), we disallow this to avoid creating unnecessarily large `swap` partitions|- Set a fixed size for the `swap` partition|
-|`message`. Please adjust partitions so that the `p` partition fits on `n` disk(s)|You have chosen a partition with a RAID that requires a number of disks that your server can provide, but some disks are already full because of other partitions and/or this current partition|- If it is not already set on another partition, set the partition size to fill the disk (or partition with size 0 when defined within the [OVHcloud API](/links/api))<br />- Reduce the size of this partition so that it fits the disks<br />- Reduce the size of other partitions so that this partition fits the disks|
-|Error with MBR partition table: Partition `p` is larger than 2TiB and this server does not support GPT|You have defined a partition with a size that exceeds 2TiB and you are trying to apply such partitioning to a server that doesn't support GPT|- Reduce the partition to a size less than 2TiB<br />- Apply this partitioning to another similar server that supports GPT|
-|Error with MBR partition table: partition `p` cannot end after 2 TiB (`interval stop`) and this server does not support GPT! OVHcloud also needs to add a `cloud-init size` cloud-init partition at the very end of the disk. Therefore all customer partitions must end before (2TiB - `cloud-init size`).|We need to add a config-drive partition at the end of 1 disk on your dedicated server. The last partition of your partitioning will end after the 2TiB position on disk. So appending a config-drive partition after the last partition will start after 2TiB position on disk and you are trying to apply such partitioning to a server that doesn't support GPT|- Reduce the partition `p` size (or any other partition) so that the total sum of all partitions size is less than 2TiB<br />- Do not define a partition that fills the disk (or partition with size 0 when defined within the [OVHcloud API](/links/api)) for servers with disks bigger than 2TiB that don't support GPT|
-|`/boot` (or `/` if no `/boot` defined) partition cannot be larger than 2097151 MiB on this hardware|GRUB partition cannot be larger than 2 TiB with this hardware RAID controller|- Create a separate `/boot` partition with a size less than 2TiB (1GiB should be enough)|
-|`/boot` (or `/` if no `/boot` defined) partition type cannot be `XFS`|GRUB partition doesn't support `XFS` filesystem type on this Operating System. This is the case for most of debian-like OSes (debian, proxmox, ubuntu)|- Create a separate `/boot` partition with filesystem other than `XFS`<br />- Don't create a separate `/boot` partition but choose a filesystem other than `XFS` for the `/` partition|
-|`Debian` does not provide a precompiled `ZFS` module and this server does not have enough memory to compile it (8 GiB minimum required). Please use a different file system.|We always try to find the best balance between integration in the OVHcloud ecosystem, hardware compatibility and reduced OS image size while providing an image that is as similar as possible to the official cloud-ready image provided by the software publisher. The `ZFS` module is not contained in the official image. We don't want to make the image larger for customers not needing `ZFS` and we want to offer a `ZFS`-ready OS with configured `ZFS` partitioning for customers who want it. Therefore the `ZFS` module is compiled and installed during the OS reinstallation only for customers who require it. Since compilation requires memory in addition to that already used to run the rescue OS in memory, we have set the threshold at 8 GiB to guarantee smooth operation and customer experience|- Remove all `ZFS` partitions or change their filesystems to something different than `ZFS`<br />- Choose another OS that natively supports `ZFS` filesystems such as Ubuntu or Proxmox<br />- Use a server with 8 GiB memory or more|
-|This operating system doesn't support `md` metadata version 1.2 for the `/` partition. Fallback to `md` version 0.90 is not possible because the `/` partition requires `x` MiB on every disk, exceeding the supported maximum of 4 TiB.|You have configured a `/` partition on top of a software RAID with an operating system that only supports `md` metadata version 0.9 for the `/` partition. Unfortunately this version of `md` metadata doesn't work when the size used per disk is larger than 4 TiB|- Reduce the size of this partition so that it doesn't use more that 4 TiB per disk<br />- Disable software raid, by restricting OS installation to 1 single disk<br />- Choose another operating system|
+|Partition of type `t` with mountpoint `m` cannot fill the disk.|You have chosen the `swap` partition to fill the disk (or partition with size 0 when defined within the [OVHcloud API](/links/api)), we disallow this to avoid creating unnecessarily large `swap` partitions.|- Set a fixed size for the `swap` partition|
+|`message`. Please adjust partitions so that the `p` partition fits on `n` disk(s)|You have chosen a partition with a RAID that requires a number of disks that your server can provide, but some disks are already full because of other partitions and/or this current partition.|- If it is not already set on another partition, set the partition size to fill the disk (or partition with size 0 when defined within the [OVHcloud API](/links/api))<br />- Reduce the size of this partition so that it fits the disks<br />- Reduce the size of other partitions so that this partition fits the disks|
+|Error with MBR partition table: Partition `p` is larger than 2TiB and this server does not support GPT|You have defined a partition with a size that exceeds 2TiB and you are trying to apply such partitioning to a server that doesn't support GPT.|- Reduce the partition to a size less than 2TiB<br />- Apply this partitioning to another similar server that supports GPT|
+|Error with MBR partition table: partition `p` cannot end after 2 TiB (`interval stop`) and this server does not support GPT! OVHcloud also needs to add a `cloud-init size` cloud-init partition at the very end of the disk. Therefore all customer partitions must end before (2TiB - `cloud-init size`).|We need to add a config-drive partition at the end of 1 disk on your dedicated server. The last partition of your partitioning will end after the 2TiB position on disk. So appending a config-drive partition after the last partition will start after 2TiB position on disk and you are trying to apply such partitioning to a server that doesn't support GPT.|- Reduce the partition `p` size (or any other partition) so that the total sum of all partitions size is less than 2TiB<br />- Do not define a partition that fills the disk (or partition with size 0 when defined within the [OVHcloud API](/links/api)) for servers with disks bigger than 2TiB that don't support GPT|
+|`/boot` (or `/` if no `/boot` defined) partition cannot be larger than 2097151 MiB on this hardware|GRUB partition cannot be larger than 2 TiB with this hardware RAID controller.|- Create a separate `/boot` partition with a size less than 2TiB (1GiB should be enough)|
+|`/boot` (or `/` if no `/boot` defined) partition type cannot be `XFS`|GRUB partition doesn't support `XFS` filesystem type on this Operating System. This is the case for most of debian-like OSes (debian, proxmox, ubuntu).|- Create a separate `/boot` partition with filesystem other than `XFS`<br />- Don't create a separate `/boot` partition but choose a filesystem other than `XFS` for the `/` partition|
+|`Debian` does not provide a precompiled `ZFS` module and this server does not have enough memory to compile it (8 GiB minimum required). Please use a different file system.|We always try to find the best balance between integration in the OVHcloud ecosystem, hardware compatibility and reduced OS image size while providing an image that is as similar as possible to the official cloud-ready image provided by the software publisher. The `ZFS` module is not contained in the official image. We don't want to make the image larger for customers not needing `ZFS` and we want to offer a `ZFS`-ready OS with configured `ZFS` partitioning for customers who want it. Therefore the `ZFS` module is compiled and installed during the OS reinstallation only for customers who require it. Since compilation requires memory in addition to that already used to run the rescue OS in memory, we have set the threshold at 8 GiB to guarantee smooth operation and customer experience.|- Remove all `ZFS` partitions or change their filesystems to something different than `ZFS`<br />- Choose another OS that natively supports `ZFS` filesystems such as Ubuntu or Proxmox<br />- Use a server with 8 GiB memory or more|
+|This operating system doesn't support `md` metadata version 1.2 for the `/` partition. Fallback to `md` version 0.90 is not possible because the `/` partition requires `x` MiB on every disk, exceeding the supported maximum of 4 TiB.|You have configured a `/` partition on top of a software RAID with an operating system that only supports `md` metadata version 0.9 for the `/` partition. Unfortunately this version of `md` metadata doesn't work when the size used per disk is larger than 4 TiB.|- Reduce the size of this partition so that it doesn't use more than 4 TiB per disk<br />- Disable software raid, by restricting OS installation to 1 single disk<br />- Choose another operating system|
 
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pages/bare_metal_cloud/dedicated_servers/partitioning_ovh/guide.en-asia.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: 'OVHcloud API and Storage'
 excerpt: 'Find out what the OVHcloud API provides in order to customize the disks, hardware/software RAID and partitioning configuration during the server OS reinstallation'
-updated: 2025-02-25
+updated: 2025-06-04
 ---
 
 ## Objective
@@ -538,14 +538,14 @@ The following table gives an overview of well known customer errors and how to f
 
 |Error message|Details|Solution(s)|
 |---|---|---|
-|Partition of type `t` with mountpoint `m` cannot fill the disk.|You have chosen the `swap` partition to fill the disk (or partition with size 0 when defined within the [OVHcloud API](/links/api)), we disallow this to avoid creating unnecessarily large `swap` partitions|- Set a fixed size for the `swap` partition|
-|`message`. Please adjust partitions so that the `p` partition fits on `n` disk(s)|You have chosen a partition with a RAID that requires a number of disks that your server can provide, but some disks are already full because of other partitions and/or this current partition|- If it is not already set on another partition, set the partition size to fill the disk (or partition with size 0 when defined within the [OVHcloud API](/links/api))<br />- Reduce the size of this partition so that it fits the disks<br />- Reduce the size of other partitions so that this partition fits the disks|
-|Error with MBR partition table: Partition `p` is larger than 2TiB and this server does not support GPT|You have defined a partition with a size that exceeds 2TiB and you are trying to apply such partitioning to a server that doesn't support GPT|- Reduce the partition to a size less than 2TiB<br />- Apply this partitioning to another similar server that supports GPT|
-|Error with MBR partition table: partition `p` cannot end after 2 TiB (`interval stop`) and this server does not support GPT! OVHcloud also needs to add a `cloud-init size` cloud-init partition at the very end of the disk. Therefore all customer partitions must end before (2TiB - `cloud-init size`).|We need to add a config-drive partition at the end of 1 disk on your dedicated server. The last partition of your partitioning will end after the 2TiB position on disk. So appending a config-drive partition after the last partition will start after 2TiB position on disk and you are trying to apply such partitioning to a server that doesn't support GPT|- Reduce the partition `p` size (or any other partition) so that the total sum of all partitions size is less than 2TiB<br />- Do not define a partition that fills the disk (or partition with size 0 when defined within the [OVHcloud API](/links/api)) for servers with disks bigger than 2TiB that don't support GPT|
-|`/boot` (or `/` if no `/boot` defined) partition cannot be larger than 2097151 MiB on this hardware|GRUB partition cannot be larger than 2 TiB with this hardware RAID controller|- Create a separate `/boot` partition with a size less than 2TiB (1GiB should be enough)|
-|`/boot` (or `/` if no `/boot` defined) partition type cannot be `XFS`|GRUB partition doesn't support `XFS` filesystem type on this Operating System. This is the case for most of debian-like OSes (debian, proxmox, ubuntu)|- Create a separate `/boot` partition with filesystem other than `XFS`<br />- Don't create a separate `/boot` partition but choose a filesystem other than `XFS` for the `/` partition|
-|`Debian` does not provide a precompiled `ZFS` module and this server does not have enough memory to compile it (8 GiB minimum required). Please use a different file system.|We always try to find the best balance between integration in the OVHcloud ecosystem, hardware compatibility and reduced OS image size while providing an image that is as similar as possible to the official cloud-ready image provided by the software publisher. The `ZFS` module is not contained in the official image. We don't want to make the image larger for customers not needing `ZFS` and we want to offer a `ZFS`-ready OS with configured `ZFS` partitioning for customers who want it. Therefore the `ZFS` module is compiled and installed during the OS reinstallation only for customers who require it. Since compilation requires memory in addition to that already used to run the rescue OS in memory, we have set the threshold at 8 GiB to guarantee smooth operation and customer experience|- Remove all `ZFS` partitions or change their filesystems to something different than `ZFS`<br />- Choose another OS that natively supports `ZFS` filesystems such as Ubuntu or Proxmox<br />- Use a server with 8 GiB memory or more|
-|This operating system doesn't support `md` metadata version 1.2 for the `/` partition. Fallback to `md` version 0.90 is not possible because the `/` partition requires `x` MiB on every disk, exceeding the supported maximum of 4 TiB.|You have configured a `/` partition on top of a software RAID with an operating system that only supports `md` metadata version 0.9 for the `/` partition. Unfortunately this version of `md` metadata doesn't work when the size used per disk is larger than 4 TiB|- Reduce the size of this partition so that it doesn't use more that 4 TiB per disk<br />- Disable software raid, by restricting OS installation to 1 single disk<br />- Choose another operating system|
+|Partition of type `t` with mountpoint `m` cannot fill the disk.|You have chosen the `swap` partition to fill the disk (or partition with size 0 when defined within the [OVHcloud API](/links/api)), we disallow this to avoid creating unnecessarily large `swap` partitions.|- Set a fixed size for the `swap` partition|
+|`message`. Please adjust partitions so that the `p` partition fits on `n` disk(s)|You have chosen a partition with a RAID that requires a number of disks that your server can provide, but some disks are already full because of other partitions and/or this current partition.|- If it is not already set on another partition, set the partition size to fill the disk (or partition with size 0 when defined within the [OVHcloud API](/links/api))<br />- Reduce the size of this partition so that it fits the disks<br />- Reduce the size of other partitions so that this partition fits the disks|
+|Error with MBR partition table: Partition `p` is larger than 2TiB and this server does not support GPT|You have defined a partition with a size that exceeds 2TiB and you are trying to apply such partitioning to a server that doesn't support GPT.|- Reduce the partition to a size less than 2TiB<br />- Apply this partitioning to another similar server that supports GPT|
+|Error with MBR partition table: partition `p` cannot end after 2 TiB (`interval stop`) and this server does not support GPT! OVHcloud also needs to add a `cloud-init size` cloud-init partition at the very end of the disk. Therefore all customer partitions must end before (2TiB - `cloud-init size`).|We need to add a config-drive partition at the end of 1 disk on your dedicated server. The last partition of your partitioning will end after the 2TiB position on disk. So appending a config-drive partition after the last partition will start after 2TiB position on disk and you are trying to apply such partitioning to a server that doesn't support GPT.|- Reduce the partition `p` size (or any other partition) so that the total sum of all partitions size is less than 2TiB<br />- Do not define a partition that fills the disk (or partition with size 0 when defined within the [OVHcloud API](/links/api)) for servers with disks bigger than 2TiB that don't support GPT|
+|`/boot` (or `/` if no `/boot` defined) partition cannot be larger than 2097151 MiB on this hardware|GRUB partition cannot be larger than 2 TiB with this hardware RAID controller.|- Create a separate `/boot` partition with a size less than 2TiB (1GiB should be enough)|
+|`/boot` (or `/` if no `/boot` defined) partition type cannot be `XFS`|GRUB partition doesn't support `XFS` filesystem type on this Operating System. This is the case for most of debian-like OSes (debian, proxmox, ubuntu).|- Create a separate `/boot` partition with filesystem other than `XFS`<br />- Don't create a separate `/boot` partition but choose a filesystem other than `XFS` for the `/` partition|
+|`Debian` does not provide a precompiled `ZFS` module and this server does not have enough memory to compile it (8 GiB minimum required). Please use a different file system.|We always try to find the best balance between integration in the OVHcloud ecosystem, hardware compatibility and reduced OS image size while providing an image that is as similar as possible to the official cloud-ready image provided by the software publisher. The `ZFS` module is not contained in the official image. We don't want to make the image larger for customers not needing `ZFS` and we want to offer a `ZFS`-ready OS with configured `ZFS` partitioning for customers who want it. Therefore the `ZFS` module is compiled and installed during the OS reinstallation only for customers who require it. Since compilation requires memory in addition to that already used to run the rescue OS in memory, we have set the threshold at 8 GiB to guarantee smooth operation and customer experience.|- Remove all `ZFS` partitions or change their filesystems to something different than `ZFS`<br />- Choose another OS that natively supports `ZFS` filesystems such as Ubuntu or Proxmox<br />- Use a server with 8 GiB memory or more|
+|This operating system doesn't support `md` metadata version 1.2 for the `/` partition. Fallback to `md` version 0.90 is not possible because the `/` partition requires `x` MiB on every disk, exceeding the supported maximum of 4 TiB.|You have configured a `/` partition on top of a software RAID with an operating system that only supports `md` metadata version 0.9 for the `/` partition. Unfortunately this version of `md` metadata doesn't work when the size used per disk is larger than 4 TiB.|- Reduce the size of this partition so that it doesn't use more than 4 TiB per disk<br />- Disable software raid, by restricting OS installation to 1 single disk<br />- Choose another operating system|
 
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