diff --git a/docs/Basic_setup/Docker.md b/docs/Basic_setup/Docker.md index 75335416..7e5851fe 100644 --- a/docs/Basic_setup/Docker.md +++ b/docs/Basic_setup/Docker.md @@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ logs internally together with other data associated to the container image. This has the effect that when recreating or updating a container, logs shown by `docker-compose logs` won't show anything associated with the previous -instance. Use `docker system prune` to remove old instances and free up disc +instance. Use `docker system prune` to remove old instances and free up disk space. Keeping logs only for the latest instance is helpful when testing, but may not be desirable for production. -By default there is no limit on the log size. When using a SD-card this is -exactly what you want. If a runaway container floods the log with output, -writing will stop when the disc becomes full. Without a mechanism to prevent -excessive disc-writes, the SD-card would keep being written to until the flash -hardware [program-erase cycle]( +By default there is no limit on the log size. Surprisingly, when using a +SD-card this is exactly what you want. If a runaway container floods the log +with output, writing will stop when the disk becomes full. Without a mechanism +to prevent such excessive writing, the SD-card would keep being written to +until the flash hardware [program-erase cycle]( https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/definition/P-E-cycle) limit is reached, after which it is permanently broken.