I can use the “smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sdb” command to read hard disk health status directly connected to my system. But, how do I read smartctl command to check SAS or SCSI disk behind Adaptec RAID controller from the shell prompt on Linux operating system?
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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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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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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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