storage

I‘ve CentOS Linux and FreeBSD based server running using 3Ware (9650SE-2LP) RAID card. I know how to check hard disk behind Adaptec raid controllers, but how do I look at ATA / SATA disks behind 3ware SCSI RAID controllers using smartctl command?

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Maximum Number of Disks In RAID 5

by Vivek Gite on December 4, 2010 · 2 comments

Is there a limit to how many drives you can have in one RAID-5? What is the maximum number of physical drives recommended in a RAID-5 set?

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Recently, I’ve added another 73GB SAS disk to my Linux server after the installation. I’ve 30GB empty partition on old hard disk. How do I convert old /dev/sda3 and new /dev/sdb1 (both 30GB) into RAID 1 to improve NFS server speed and reliability?

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Linux Create A Bootable USB Pen

by Vivek Gite on March 11, 2010 · 11 comments

How do I create a bootable USB pen drive to start my CentOS / Fedora Linux? How do I create a bootable USB flash pen for installation of Linux, and for creation of rescue and other special-purpose boot disks using command line options?

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Linux Create Software RAID 1 (Mirror) Array

by Vivek Gite on February 2, 2010 · 16 comments

How do I create Software RAID 1 arrays on Linux systems without using GUI tools or installer options? How do I setup RAID 1 array under Linux systems?

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How do I install memcached a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load under CentOS / RHEL / Fedora / Redhat Linux?

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All my local Linux user accounts will be able to log in to my Samba server and access share. How do I restrict access to particular users or network subnet such as 192.168.2.1/24?

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