My hard drive for my server might not be big enough

Jessie Abernathy Posted in Technical Support 6 years ago

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Ubuntu Server 16.04
LAMP Stack
PREMIUM OSSN VERSION 4.6
SITENAME: social.mmdnetwork.com


What happens when you are running out of disk space and you want to install a separate hard drive to add more space.. How do you tell OSSN to store data into the backup directory? Im a newbie and this may sound like a newbie question, and I apologize in advance :)

-Thanks
Jessie Abernathy

Replies
us Jessie Abernathy Replied 6 years ago

ok thanks a lot

German Michael Zülsdorff Replied 6 years ago

I'd recommend to make friends with Logical Volume Management (LVM) then, because this way you'll be able to add new storage devices to an already running environment any time.
Simply search the web for "ubuntu and lvm" - there are hundreds of articles like https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lvm and dedicated forums to get help in more depth.