From d9be0de269712b79aedfb51973e4d9ef5f66b40c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Portilla <miguelportilla@pobros.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 09:20:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add shard configuration example

---
 cfg/rippled-example.cfg | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cfg/rippled-example.cfg b/cfg/rippled-example.cfg
index 597812a490..10daa11668 100644
--- a/cfg/rippled-example.cfg
+++ b/cfg/rippled-example.cfg
@@ -1080,6 +1080,15 @@ file_size_mult=2
 online_delete=2000
 advisory_delete=0
 
+# This is the persistent datastore for shards. It is important for the health
+# of the ripple network that rippled operators shard as much as practical.
+# NuDB requires SSD storage. Helpful information can be found here
+# https://ripple.com/build/history-sharding
+#[shard_db]
+#type=NuDB
+#path=/var/lib/rippled/db/shards/nudb
+#max_size_gb=500
+
 [database_path]
 /var/lib/rippled/db