Moving Graphite database

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1. Stop Apache
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop

2. Stop Carbon
sudo su www-data
cd /opt/graphite/
./bin/carbon-cache.py stop

3. Move whisper directory to new location

3. Edit /opt/graphite/conf/carbon.conf
Set LOCAL_DATA_DIR to new database directory

4. Link /opt/graphite/storage/whisper to the same dir as set in LOCAL_DATA_DIR

5. Set correct files owner
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/graphite/storage/whisper/

6. Check if all files moved successfully
find /opt/graphite/storage/whisper/ -print -name '*.wsp' -type f -exec whisper-info.py {} \; | grep Error
If no file is corrupted move on, otherwise delete corrupted files 

7. Start Carbon
sudo su www-data
cd /opt/graphite/
./bin/carbon-cache.py start

8 Start Apache
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start