Automatic partitioning is safe and fast for standard installs—choose it if unsure. Manual partitioning is needed if you dual-boot, use LVM, or want separate filesystems for different partitions. Plan ...

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The main thing I am unsure about is the RAID1 thing. Is this a good idea? How do I set it up? I imagine it won't be quite as easy as telling him to use some space on sda to mirror the stuff that ...

I would like to move from extX partitions to something modern like LVM, btrfs or ZFS. Server uses GNU/Linux, but I see that ZFS is popular right now. First of all, is it ok to use LVM with ZFS? I ...

Loading up virtual machines is an easy to accomplish task, but configuring them properly is an ongoing balancing act. It’s very likely that in a virtualized environment you will over/under provision ...

Linux systems provide many ways to look at disk partitions. Here's a look at commands you can use to display useful information -- each providing a different format and with a different focus. Linux ...