Storage

How To Partition and Format Storage Devices in Linux — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Partition and Format Storage Devices in Linux

Preparing a new disk for use on a Linux system can be quick and easy. There are many tools, filesystem formats, and partitioning schemes that may complicate the process if you have specialized needs, but if you want to get up and running quickly, it’s fairly…

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How To Install and Configure ownCloud on Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Configure ownCloud on Ubuntu 18.04

ownCloud is an open-source file sharing server and collaboration platform that can store your personal content, like documents and pictures, in a centralized location. This allows you to take control of your content and security by not relying on third-party content hosting…

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Object Storage vs. Block Storage Services — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

Object Storage vs. Block Storage Services

Flexible and scalable data storage is a baseline requirement for most applications and services being developed today. With today’s complex deployments, containers, and ephemeral infrastructure, the days of simply saving files to disk on a single server are gone. Cloud providers have developed services to fill the storage needs of modern application deployments, and they mostly fit into two categories: object storage, and block storage.

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How To Move an Nginx Web Root to a New Location on Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Move an Nginx Web Root to a New Location on Ubuntu 18.04

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 document root to another location, such as a separate mounted filesystem.

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How To Move an Apache Web Root to a New Location on Debian 8 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Move an Apache Web Root to a New Location on Debian 8

On Debian 8, the Apache2 web server stores its documents in /var/www/html by default. This directory is located on the root filesystem with the rest of the operating system. You may want to move the document root to another location, such as a separate mounted filesystem. In this guide, you’ll move the Apache document root to a new location by moving the files and changing Apache’s configuration files.

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How To Create a Redundant Storage Pool Using GlusterFS on Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Create a Redundant Storage Pool Using GlusterFS on Ubuntu 20.04

GlusterFS is a network-attached storage filesystem that allows you to pool computing or storage resources of multiple machines. In turn, this lets you treat various computers as a single, more powerful unit. In this guide, you will create a redundant clustered storage array. This will provide functionality similar to a mirrored RAID configuration over the network.

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How To Install and Configure Nextcloud on Debian 9 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Configure Nextcloud on Debian 9

Nextcloud, a fork of ownCloud, is a file sharing server that permits you to store your personal content, like documents and pictures, in a centralized location, much like Dropbox. The difference with Nextcloud is that all of its features are…

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