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How To Move a MySQL Data Directory to a New Location on Ubuntu 16.04
Tutorials Block Storage MySQL Storage Ubuntu Ubuntu 16.04
Introduction> Introduction # Databases grow over time, sometimes outgrowing the space on the file system. You can also run into I/O contention when they’re located on the same partition as the rest of the operating system.
How To Create RAID Arrays with mdadm on Ubuntu 16.04
Tutorials Block Storage Storage Ubuntu Ubuntu 16.04
Introduction> Introduction # The mdadm utility can be used to create and manage storage arrays using Linux’s software RAID capabilities. Administrators have great flexibility in coordinating their individual storage devices and creating logical storage devices that have greater performance or redundancy characteristics.
How To Create RAID Arrays with mdadm on Ubuntu 18.04
Tutorials Block Storage Storage Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction> Introduction # The mdadm utility can be used to create and manage storage arrays using Linux’s software RAID capabilities. Administrators have great flexibility in coordinating their individual storage devices and creating logical storage devices that have greater performance or redundancy characteristics.
How To Move an Apache Web Root to a New Location on Ubuntu 16.04
Tutorials Apache Block Storage Storage Ubuntu Ubuntu 16.04
Introduction> Introduction # On Ubuntu, by default, the Apache2 web server stores its documents in /var/www/html, which is typically located on the root filesystem with rest of the operating system. Sometimes, though, it’s helpful to move the document root to another location, such as a separate mounted filesystem.
How to Change a MySQL Data Directory to a New Location on CentOS 7
Tutorials Block Storage CentOS MySQL
Introduction> Introduction # Databases grow over time, sometimes outgrowing the space on the file system. You can also run into I/O contention when they’re located on the same partition as the rest of the operating system.
How To Manage RAID Arrays with mdadm on Ubuntu 16.04
Tutorials Block Storage Storage Ubuntu Ubuntu 16.04
Introduction> Introduction # RAID arrays provide increased performance and redundancy by combining individual disks into virtual storage devices in specific configurations. In Linux, the mdadm utility makes it easy to create and manage software RAID arrays.
How To Deploy a PHP Application with Kubernetes on Ubuntu 16.04
Tutorials Block Storage Kubernetes Nginx PHP Ubuntu 16.04
The author selected the Open Internet/Free Speech to receive a donation as part of the Write for DOnations program. Introduction> Introduction # Kubernetes is an open source container orchestration system. It allows you to create, update, and scale containers without worrying about downtime.
How To Move a PostgreSQL Data Directory to a New Location on Ubuntu 16.04
Tutorials Block Storage PostgreSQL Storage Ubuntu Ubuntu 16.04
Introduction> Introduction # Databases grow over time, sometimes outgrowing the space on their original file system. You can also run into I/O contention when they’re located on the same partition as the rest of the operating system.
How To Move an Nginx Web Root to a New Location on Ubuntu 16.04
Tutorials Block Storage Nginx Storage Ubuntu Ubuntu 16.04
Introduction> Introduction # 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.
How To Change a MariaDB Data Directory to a New Location on CentOS 7
Tutorials Block Storage CentOS Databases MariaDB
Introduction> Introduction # Databases grow over time, sometimes outgrowing the space on the file system. You can also run into I/O contention when they’re located on the same partition as the rest of the operating system.
Object Storage vs. Block Storage Services
Tutorials Block Storage Conceptual Object Storage Storage
Introduction> Introduction # Flexible and scalable data storage is a baseline requirement for most applications and services being developed with modern techniques and tools. Whether storing large or small amounts of images, videos, or blobs of text, application developers need a solution for the storage and retrieval of user-generated content, logs, backups, and so on.