Storage

In this tutorial, you will learn how to setup software raid on Ubuntu 20.04. RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. The term inexpensive can occasionally be used instead of independent. RAID is to combine multiple devices/inexpensive disk drives into an array which yields performance that is better than that of one large and expensive drive. Some...

Follow through this tutorial to learn how to access Samba share on Linux and Windows systems. In our previous guide, we learnt how to install and configure standalone Samba server Share on Ubuntu 20.04. Easily Install and Configure Samba File Server on Ubuntu 20.04 How to Access Samba Share on Linux and Windows Systems First off, verify that you can access the...

In this tutorial, you will learn how to easily install and configure Samba file server on Ubuntu 22.04. Samba is an opensource suite that implements the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. Microsoft Windows operating systems and the OS/2 operating system use SMB to perform client-server networking for file and printer sharing and associated operations. Running on a Unix system,...

Follow through this post to learn how to install and setup Ceph Storage cluster on Ubuntu 22.04. Ceph is a scalable distributed storage system designed for cloud infrastructure and web-scale object storage. It can also be used to provide Ceph Block Storage as well as Ceph File System storage. As of this writing, CEPH Quincy is the current stable release. Install and Setup Ceph Storage...

In this tutorial, we are going to learn about how to create LVM logical volumes in Linux. How to Create LVM Logical Volumes in Linux Before we dive deeper, let us have a look at LVM architecture. LVM ARCHITECTURE OVERVIEW The structure of an LVM disk environment is simply illustrated in the figure below. LVM Logical Volumes Components The underlying structure of an LVM...

In this tutorial, you will learn how to setup software raid on Debian 10. RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. The term inexpensive can occasionally be used instead of independent. RAID is used to combine multiple devices/inexpensive disk drives into an array which yields performance that is better than that of one large and expensive drive. Some of the...

In this guide, we are going to learn how to install ownCloud Server on Debian 11. If you need to have your own self-hosted cloud storage that provides a safe, secure, and compliant file synchronization and sharing solution, try ownCloud. Install ownCloud Server on Debian 11 Prerequisites In order to install and setup ownCloud on Debian 11, you need to have LAMP/LEMP Stack...

In this tutorial, you will learn how to setup software raid on Rocky Linux 8. RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. The term inexpensive can occasionally be used instead of independent, to mean Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks. RAID is used to combine multiple devices/inexpensive disk drives into an array which yields performance that is better than that...

Welcome to our guide on how to install and setup GlusterFS on Ubuntu 22.04/Ubuntu 20.04. Well, so what is GlusterFS? GlusterFS is an opensource distributed and scalable network file system that clusters various disk storage resources into a single global namespace. GlusterFS is suitable for data-intensive tasks such as cloud storage and media streaming. Install and Setup GlusterFS on Ubuntu...

In this tutorial, we will learn how to Install and Configure NFS server on Rocky Linux 8. Network File system (NFS) is a commonly used file-based storage system that allows remote systems to access files over a computer network and interact with them as if they were locally mounted. This enables system Administrators to group resources onto centralized servers on a network for...