Extending / Adding to existing logical volumes

Sometimes adding a volume to a system is a requirement.  Sometimes an existing logical volume under linux needs to be expanded.  What ever the reason may be, getting to the GUI is not always a guarantee, so the underlying command line functions cannot be forgotten. Step 1: Create the “physical volume” After adding the drive

Read more ›

NAS and SAN confusion

The concept of a Storage Area Network (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) has been around for a long time but it still generates a large amount of confusion amongst technical and semi-technical people alike. Let’s review: SAN A Storage Area Network (SAN) is composed of an independent system, from one to N) which has the

Read more ›

MySQL recovery

All it takes is just one interruption while writing that UPDATE line for a password, leaving off the critical WHERE clause, and suddenly all of your users are locked out.  Or some other minor error that is inadvertently made.  Whatever the cause, you are left with a mysql server that has all of your data,

Read more ›