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  • CentOS 7.5 Installation with GUI and LVM Partition

    Red Hat/CentOS Linux is a popular server operating system. Specially who work on mail server, web server, web proxy server, ftp server and file server are so familiar with the Red Hat/CentOS Linux. In my previous article, I discussed how to install CentOS 7.5 Linux step by step with the standard partition. But if you want to work on mail server, web proxy server, ftp server, file server or any other application where disk space changes frequently, the standard partitioning is not recommended in this case because the standard partitioning is not able to manage disk partition dynamically. On the other hand, LVM (Logical Volume Manager) provides opportunity to manage your partition dynamically. So, LVM partitioning is always recommended for Red Hat/CentOS Linux installation. But LVM partitioning is not as easy as the standard partitioning. You should have knowledge about the basic terms of the LVM partitioning. In this article, I will discuss about the basic terms of LVM and the basic architecture of LVM. I will also discuss how to install CentOS 7.5 Linux with LVM partitioning. LVM Components The following three terms are the basic components of the LVM partitioning. Physical Volume: The underlying physical storage unit of [...]

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