1.3.3.2 Small Amount of Data

The administrative file system is relatively small. Each data service should limit the amount of administrative data it keeps in the administrative file system to a few kilobytes. If larger administrative data is required, use the administrative file system as a level of indirection--to point at another directory in one of the logical host's file systems. The data service's user data should not be stored in the administrative file system, because for most data services, that data would be too large.