Setting Up the First Metadata Server

Setting up the first MDS server is the first step in creating a Virtuozzo Storage cluster. You can add more MDS servers later to provide better availability for your cluster, as described in Configuring MDS Servers.

The process of setting up the first MDS server (called master MDS server) and, thus, creating a cluster includes two stages:

1. Preparing to create the MDS server.
2. Creating the MDS server.