Borg Backup
Reference for Borg Backup: installation, local and remote (SSH) repositories, encryption modes, compression, pruning, restore, Borgmatic, and systemd timer automation.
Storage
BTRFS
Reference for the BTRFS copy-on-write filesystem: subvolumes, snapshots, multi-device and RAID profiles, scrub, compression, qgroups, mount options, and troubleshooting.
Ceph
Reference for Ceph, the software-defined storage platform providing object, block, and file storage on top of RADOS. Covers architecture, CRUSH, core daemons, installation, OSD management, capacity planning, monitoring, …
Clonezilla
Open-source disk imaging and cloning tool for bare-metal backup, mass deployment, and disaster recovery. Covers Clonezilla Live and SE, interactive and command-line usage, and backup verification.
Filesystem Creation
Guide to partitioning disks with fdisk and parted, creating ext4/XFS/Btrfs/FAT32 filesystems, setting up swap and UEFI boot partitions, and configuring persistent mounts via fstab.
GlusterFS
Reference for GlusterFS, a distributed network filesystem that aggregates storage bricks from multiple servers into one namespace. Covers volume types, installation, volume and security configuration, clients, …
Longhorn
Longhorn is a distributed block storage system for Kubernetes providing persistent volumes with replication, snapshots, and backups. This guide covers installation, volume management, disaster recovery, performance …
LUKS
Reference for LUKS full-disk and partition encryption with cryptsetup, covering setup, key management, header backup, automated decryption, and recovery.
LVM
LVM is a device-mapper framework for Linux that abstracts physical storage into logical volumes. Covers creating, extending, reducing, thin provisioning, snapshots, LUKS layering, caching, RAID, and migration.
mdadm
Reference for managing Linux software RAID arrays with mdadm and the kernel md driver: creating arrays, persistent configuration, monitoring, disk failure recovery, write-intent bitmaps, and troubleshooting.