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Remove hard-coded VOLUME_BACKING_FILE_SIZE from multinode docs
The default for VOLUME_BACKING_FILE_SIZE changes over time and the docs referencing it are clearly not keeping pace so rather than hard-code a default in the docs just remove it since the doc already mentions the variable used to set that size. Change-Id: I4242584d13250872250689863d1b70c68594eefe
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DevStack will automatically use an existing LVM volume group named
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``stack-volumes`` to store cloud-created volumes. If ``stack-volumes``
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doesn't exist, DevStack will set up a 10Gb loop-mounted file to contain
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it. This obviously limits the number and size of volumes that can be
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created inside OpenStack. The size can be overridden by setting
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``VOLUME_BACKING_FILE_SIZE`` in ``local.conf``.
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doesn't exist, DevStack will set up a loop-mounted file to contain
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it. If the default size is insufficient for the number and size of volumes
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required, it can be overridden by setting ``VOLUME_BACKING_FILE_SIZE`` in
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``local.conf`` (sizes given in ``truncate`` compatible format, e.g. ``24G``).
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``stack-volumes`` can be pre-created on any physical volume supported by
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Linux's LVM. The name of the volume group can be changed by setting

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