Linux Today - Storage

A backup is the last defense against data loss, offering a means to restore original data.

Part of the LFCS exam covers archiving, compressing, unarchiving and uncompressing files.

Disks, or Gnome Disk Utility, is installed by default in many Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, Fedora, both Linux Mint Cinnamon and MATE, Xubuntu, and so on.

ITprotoday: Red Hat is still growing...

Linuxize: Swap is a space on a disk that is used when the amount of physical RAM memory is full.

 ostechnix: 6 Methods To Rename Multiple Files At Once In Linux

LinuxLinks: Anyone who cares about preserving their data should invest a bit of time in learning about this utility.

LinuxUprising: Simple NFS GUI is a tool to easily set up a machine as a NFS server or client that should work on Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Debian.

 MakeTechEasier: Permanently deleting a file can cause problems/putting it in the Trash bin isn't good either

The Command Line Heroes podcast tells us why our big data questions require scalable, open answers.

This guide explains how to set up an NFS server and an NFS client on Debian 9.

HowToForge: As the name suggests, the zip command lets you create archives

Learn how how to view sorted files and folders in the Ubuntu Nautilus file manager

 LinuxUprising: In case you can't switch to a different cloud storage provider or use an Ext4 filesystem without eCryptfs for your Dropbox folder location, you can use a simple tool, called dropbox-filesystem-fix

Learn how to use S3FS to mount cloud storage services locally on a CentOS or Ubuntu box.

An interview with Italo Vignoli of the Document Liberation Project.

Learn how you can install the DropBox application on your Ubuntu system, both through the UI and the command line.

On Linux and UNIX operating systems you can use the mount command to attach (mount) file systems and removable devices such as USB flash drives at a particular mount point in the directory tree.

Backup and Sync are have become essential today and this brings tools like rsync.

Everything you wanted to know about setting up storage but were afraid to ask.

 HowToForge: Did you know Linux offers a way to recompress .Z files to .gz files?

Create, expand, and encrypt storage pools as needed with the Linux LVM utilities.

Linuxize: A symbolic link, also know as symlink or soft link, is a special type of file that points to another file or directory.

2DayGeek: We can easily create a bootable/live USB drive from Windows using Universal USB Installer.

MakeTechEasier: Microsoft doesn't offer any syncing tool for their OneDrive service for Linux.

LinuxLinks: BleachBit is a useful and easy-to-use graphical utility that frees disk space, and helps to guard your privacy.

 ScribblesAndSnaps: NAS for various photography-related tasks, and now the appliance plays a central role in my Linux-based photographic workflow.

Tecmint: Filelight is a free, open source, simple, easy to use, and cross-platform KDE utility for viewing graphical disk space usage information.

Linuxize: vsftpd is a stable, secure and fast FTP server.

 HowToForge: Listing contents of a directory is one of the most basic tasks that users (both pro and noobs) find themselves involved in.

When the physical memory or RAM on our system is full, we end to make use of the swap space on our systems.

 ostechnix: The dbxfs is a command line utility, used to mount your Dropbox folder locally as a virtual filesystem in Unix-like operating systems.

Linuxize: Learn how to remove (or delete) a file or directory in Linux from the command line, using the rm (remove) command.

Learn some of the Linux 'ls' command's most useful variations.

Learn how to modify the amount of swap space available on your Linux system, and how much you really need.

There are various ways to format a USB drive in Linux.

Tecmint: Filesystems are responsible for organizing how data is stored and recovered.

Learn how to create MySQL user accounts and grant privileges.

MakeTechEasier: Rclone is a Terminal-based utility that syncs folders and files to multiple cloud storage providers.

LinuxConfig: Partitions management is one of the most essentials and dangerous task to perform when working with operating systems.