Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks

RAID RAID is a technology that is used to increase the performance and/or reliability of data storage. The abbreviation stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks. A RAID system consists of two or more drives working in parallel. These disks can be hard discs, but there is a trend to also use the technology for SSD (solid state drives). There are different RAID levels, each optimized for a specific situation. These are not standardized by an industry group or standardization committee....

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Format & Mount an usb drive in GNU/Linux [terminal]

Format and Mount usb drive in GNU/Linux Tools/commands: lsblk parted df fdisk mkfs wipefs check if which blcok devices used by usb (sd) [df -h, lsblk] eg: a) $ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 7.2 GiB, 7736072192 bytes, 15109516 sectors Disk model: DataTraveler 3.0 Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x00000000 b)...

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