Block Storage

How To Set Up an NFS Server Using Block Storage — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up an NFS Server Using Block Storage

NFS, or Network File System, is a distributed file system protocol that allows you to mount remote directories on your server. *Block storage* is a generic term used to describe network-based storage volumes that are usually offered by hosting providers. Block storage usually does not provide its own API for direct access. Instead, it needs to be mounted to an existing server and shared from that server. Running an NFS server on an attached droplet is a good solution to expose block storage.

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How To Create RAID Arrays with mdadm on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Create RAID Arrays with mdadm on Ubuntu 16.04

Linux’s mdadm utility can be used to turn a group of underlying storage devices into different types of RAID arrays. This provides various advantages depending on which RAID level is used. This guide will cover how to set up devices in the most common RAID configurations: RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10.

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