diff --git a/doc/source/howto_installmultinode.rst b/doc/source/howto_installmultinode.rst
index f4174cceb4..7d9b959d63 100644
--- a/doc/source/howto_installmultinode.rst
+++ b/doc/source/howto_installmultinode.rst
@@ -96,6 +96,17 @@ General OS configuration and partitioning for each node
         mkdir -p /var/run/swift
         chown swift:swift /var/run/swift
 
+#. Create directory /var/cache/swift and /srv/node. Change the ownership of the
+   directory /var/cache/swift to the user and group which Swift account, container
+   or object services will run under. These directories are needed only for storage
+   node (account, container or object server). The ownership of /srv/node should
+   be root:root, this is to ensure that when storage disks unmounted unexpectedly,
+   the objects for swift will not be created in the directory /srv/node. If you have
+   a node only runs proxy server, you can skip this step.::
+
+        mkdir -p /var/cache/swift /srv/node/
+        chown swift:swift /var/cache/swift
+
 .. note::
     The random string of text in /etc/swift/swift.conf is
     used as a salt when hashing to determine mappings in the ring.
@@ -237,14 +248,15 @@ Configure the Storage nodes
         apt-get install swift-account swift-container swift-object xfsprogs
 
 #. For every device on the node, setup the XFS volume (/dev/sdb is used
-   as an example)::
+   as an example), add mounting option inode64 when your disk is bigger than
+   1TB to archive a better performance.::
 
         fdisk /dev/sdb  (set up a single partition)
-        mkfs.xfs -i size=1024 /dev/sdb1
+        mkfs.xfs -i size=512 /dev/sdb1
         echo "/dev/sdb1 /srv/node/sdb1 xfs noatime,nodiratime,nobarrier,logbufs=8 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
         mkdir -p /srv/node/sdb1
         mount /srv/node/sdb1
-        chown -R swift:swift /srv/node
+        chown swift:swift /srv/node/sdb1
 
 #. Create /etc/rsyncd.conf::