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How to install xfs and create xfs file system on Debian/Ubuntu Linux

last updated September 23, 2017 in Debian / Ubuntu, File system, Linux

I recently switched to a Ubuntu/Debian Linux server from a CentOS/RHEL 7.x. How do I install mkfs.xfs command on a Debian/Ubuntu Linux server? How do I create and manage file XFS file system on a Ubuntu or Debian Linux LTS server?

Ubuntu: /dev/xvda2 should be checked for errors

last updated June 16, 2017 in Amazon Cloud Computing, Debian / Ubuntu, Hardware, Linux, Troubleshooting, Ubuntu Linux

When I log in to my Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS AWS cloud server, I get the message on screen: /dev/xvda2 should be checked for errors. I can not run fsck command on /dev/xvda1 because it is mounted. How do I check my disk for error without corrupting data?

How to install GlusterFS with a replicated high availability storage volume on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS

last updated July 21, 2017 in File system, Hardware, High Availability, Linux, Ubuntu Linux

I want to share my web server DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ across 2 Apache web server. Both of my web servers are behind load balanced reverse proxy powered by Nginx. How do I setup and install GlusterFS (“distributed storage”) which is a scalable network filesystem on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS server?

How to add disk image to KVM virtual machine with virsh command

last updated February 27, 2017 in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Linux, Linux KVM, RedHat and Friends, Suse

How do I add additional disk storage to a guest operating system to KVM virtual machine with virsh command on Linux operating system?

How To Mount a Remote Directory With SSHFS on a Linux

last updated August 16, 2017 in Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Linux, Networking, OpenBSD, RedHat and Friends

How can I mount remote directory with ssh on a Linux bases system? How do I use SSHFS to mount remote file systems over SSH on a Ubuntu or Debian/RHEL/CentOS/Arch Linux system?

FreeBSD Unix Show Mounted File Systems

last updated February 2, 2015 in File system, FreeBSD, FreeBSD Jails (VPS), UNIX

I recently switched from MS-Windows server to a FreeBSD Unix server. How can I see list of mounted file systems on a FreeBSD based Unix server using command line options?

How To Add Swap on FreeBSD Unix Systems

last updated May 3, 2017 in File system, FreeBSD, FreeBSD Jails (VPS), UNIX

I need additional swap space to improve my FreeBSD Unix server/desktop performance. How do I add a swap file to FreeBSD system using command line options without creating a new partitions? How do I encrypt swap space on a FreeBSD Unix server for security purpose?