Question regarding NodeJS multiple apps on AWS, do I store it on the root partition or on a mounted second volume?

Hey all, I'm just wondering if it's worth adding a second EBS volume to our instances to store the NodeJS application data, as opposed to storing it under /opt/$appname on the root partition.It makes sense to me to decouple the application from the OS in a scalable environment for flexibility but on the other side of the argument there is 'simplicity' by storing the app on the root partition.I know this is quite trivial but I'm just wondering if the benefits of another EBS volume are worth the trouble.This is a scalable NodeJS app running on Ubuntu 14.04.Thanks

Submitted January 16, 2016 at 06:16PM by techie_freelancer