Which filesystem should I use for long-term storage on a desktop HDD?
I bought an 8TB IronWolf hard drive for storing data copied from several 1TB drives. The plan is to keep additional copies in different locations, and I may…
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Which filesystem should I use for long-term storage on a single desktop drive?
I bought an 8 TB IronWolf HDD and plan to consolidate data from several 1 TB drives onto it. The data includes photos, videos, projects, and other files,…
How are you safely reclaiming space after expanding Linux filesystems?
I'm looking for a sanity check from other Linux administrators. We have several data-heavy services running on cloud instances and bare-metal systems. During a patching and cleanup window,…
What File System Should I Use for My External Hard Drive?
I'm planning to get an external hard drive and I've heard mixed opinions on using NTFS with Linux. I'm currently using btrfs on my main machine and I'm…
How can I stop new data from being written to an XFS partition?
I'm managing a server with several XFS filesystems that range from 5 TB to 10 TB each. Right now, there's free space on these filesystems, and I want…
What is the most commonly used file system in Linux?
I've done a bit of digging on Linux file systems, but I'm still a bit confused. I know there are several file systems available for Linux, and users…
Can XFS Journal Logs Help Me Track System Changes?
I'm trying to investigate some issues that arose in a business-critical system handling medical and payment data, which is regulated by HIPAA and PCI. Recently, a vendor made…
Can I Use macOS Command Line Tools to Recover Files from an XFS Drive?
I had a really rough experience recently with my external hard drive that's formatted with XFS, and I'm worried I might have lost access to it permanently. I…