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@@ -170,8 +170,6 @@ Volume servers can start with a specific data center name:
  weed volume -dir=/tmp/2 -port=8081 -dataCenter=dc2
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-Or the master server can determine the data center via volume server's IP address and settings in weed.conf file.
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 When requesting a file key, an optional "dataCenter" parameter can limit the assigned volume to the specific data center. For example, this specifies that the assigned volume should be limited to 'dc1':
 
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