Server Administration# 1. Installation 1.1. System Requirements 1.2. Installation 1.3. Next steps 2. Configuration 2.1. QuasarDB Daemon 2.2. QuasarDB Rest Server 2.3. Docker 2.4. Configuring Short-Term Credentials for Amazon S3 3. Performance tuning 3.1. Daemon 3.2. Testing cluster connectivity 3.3. Rules of thumb 3.4. Recommendations 3.5. File system 3.6. OS X Recommendations 3.7. Linux Recommendations 4. Routine maintenance tasks 4.1. Graceful shutdown 4.2. Cluster trimming 4.3. Log rotation 4.4. Backup Guide 4.5. Backup Strategy 4.6. Backup Guide 4.7. Backup Strategy 4.8. Backup Storage Options 5. Observability 5.1. Overview 5.2. Monitoring QuasarDB Clusters 5.3. Metrics reference 5.4. Dashboards 5.5. Retrieving Statistics from a QuasarDB Cluster 5.6. Operational Logging 5.7. Performance Tracing 5.8. User properties 6. Security 6.1. Enable access-control 6.2. Key management 6.3. Cluster key generation 6.4. User management 6.5. Authentication 6.6. Authorization 6.7. Encrypted communication 6.8. Access control 7. RocksDB Tuning Guide 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Troubleshooting 7.3. Compaction 7.4. Tuning: Compaction Strategy