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Storage
Block Storage
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Ubuntu 16.04
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Block Storage
Storage
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Storage
Block Storage
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 16.04
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In this guide, we discuss how to use Linux's mdadm utility to manage RAID arrays and perform day-to-day administrative tasks. We cover how to start, stop, or remove RAID arrays, how to find information about both the...
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Block Storage
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 16.04
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Tutorial
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Block Storage
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Block Storage
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Kubernetes
Solutions
Object Storage
DigitalOcean
Block Storage
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Tutorial
Databases grow over time, sometimes outgrowing the space on the file system. You can also run into I/O contention when they’re located on the same partition as the rest of the operating system. RAID, network block sto...
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By
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Databases
Block Storage
CentOS
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Whether you’re adding more space, evaluating ways to optimize performance, or looking to take advantage of other storage features, this tutorial will guide you through relocating PostgreSQL’s data directory on an Ubun...
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Databases
Block Storage
Storage
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu
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Tutorial
A Linux container is a grouping of processes that is isolated from the rest of the system through the use of Linux kernel security features, such as namespaces and control groups. LXD lets you create and manage these ...
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Nginx
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Debian 9
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On Ubuntu, by default, the Nginx web server stores its documents in /var/www/html, which is typically located on the root filesystem with rest of the operating system. Sometimes, though, it’s helpful to move the docum...
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By
Melissa Anderson
Nginx
Block Storage
Storage
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 16.04
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Tutorial
Databases grow over time, sometimes outgrowing the space on the file system. You can also run into I/O contention when they’re located on the same partition as the rest of the operating system. RAID, network block sto...
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By
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Block Storage
CentOS
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Linux has robust systems and tooling to manage hardware devices, including storage drives. In this article we'll cover, at a high level, how Linux represents these devices and how raw storage is made into usable space...
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By
Justin Ellingwood
Linux Basics
Storage
Block Storage
Conceptual
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Continuous use of SSDs results in degraded performance if not accounted for and mitigated. The TRIM command is an operation that allows the operating system to propagate information down to the SSD about which blocks ...
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Block Storage
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Server Optimization
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Whether you’re adding more space for data or evaluating ways to optimize database performance, this tutorial will guide you through relocating MySQL’s data directory on an Ubuntu 18.04 server.
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By
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MySQL
Databases
Block Storage
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Ubuntu
Ubuntu 18.04
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On Ubuntu, by default, the Nginx web server stores its documents in /var/www/html, which is typically located on the root filesystem with the rest of the operating system. Sometimes, though, it’s helpful to move the d...
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Nginx
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Storage
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 18.04
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