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Storage Management and File System Tutorials

Learn storage management including LVM, partitions, file systems, and disk optimization techniques for Linux systems.

The Storage section covers disk management and file system operations in Linux.

These tutorials help you work with LVM, quotas, snapshots, high-availability storage, and filesystem tuning on enterprise and lab systems.

Browse the articles below for practical storage administration guides.

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5 easy steps to recover LVM2 partition, PV, VG, LVM metdata in Linux

Steps to recover LVM2 partition accidently deleted or removed. Restore PV (physical volume), restore VG (volume group) and restore LVM metadata in Linux

Deepak Prasad11 min read
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Step-by-Step Tutorial: Configure Software RAID 5 in Linux

Steps to configure software raid 5 array in Linux using mdadm. RAID 5 is similar to RAID-4, except the parity info is spread across all drives in the array.

Deepak Prasad6 min read
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How to boot Linux host from LVM snapshot using BOOM (CentOS/RHEL 8)

Step by Step guide to boot CentOS/RHEL 8 or 7.5 and higher Linux with LVM snapshot using BOOM. with examples. Merge LVM snapshot and delete boom profile later.

Deepak Prasad8 min read
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Overview on different disk types and disk interface types

different disk types, different disk interface types. HDD vs SSD vs Optical Disks. Learn all about SCSI, IDE, ATA, SATA, Fibre Channel disk interface types

Deepak Prasad6 min read
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DRBD Tutorial | Setup Linux Disk Replication | CentOS 8

Step-by-Step DRBD Tutorial to install and configure DRBD Storage device on CentOS 8. Perform Linux disk replication runtime. How to perform DRBD configuration

Deepak Prasad15 min read
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Configure glusterfs distributed replicated volume RHEL/CentOS 8

Steps to install and configure shared storage with glusterfs distributed replicated volume in RHEL/CentOS 8 Linux. Configure Red hat Storage in Red Hat 8

Deepak Prasad9 min read
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Install & configure glusterfs replicated volume RHEL/CentOS 8

GlusterFS Tutorial to install and configure glusterfs replicated volume shared storage with redundancy in RHEL/CentOS 8 Linux GlusterFS Replication Volume Type

Deepak Prasad9 min read
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How to fix 'pvs shows unknown device' in RHEL/CentOS 7/8

Troubleshoot and fix LVM Error pvs couldnt find device with uuid and pvs shows unknown device Recover or Restore lost physical volume redhat linux

Deepak Prasad4 min read