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-=====How to set up your Storage Slab=====+====== How to set up your Storage Slab ======
  
 BuyVM offers storage slabs for all KVM Slice customers in all locations. BuyVM offers storage slabs for all KVM Slice customers in all locations.
  
-Storage slabs cost **$5 per TB** and are running on enterprise 7200RPM hard drives with an NVME cache. A storage slab is simply like an extra hard drive for your KVM Slice.+Storage slabs cost **$5 per TB** and are running on enterprise 7200RPM hard drives with an NVME cache and a 40Gbit+ InfiniBand to give you near local storage performance. A storage slab is simply like an extra hard drive for your KVM Slice. 
 + 
 +===== How to setup a storage slab on Linux =====
  
 __** WARNING, please make sure you follow this guide correctly or you risk wiping your boot drive.**__ __** WARNING, please make sure you follow this guide correctly or you risk wiping your boot drive.**__
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 **Step 1)** Attach the slab to your desired KVM slice in the Storage Volumes section in [[https://manage.buyvm.net/|Stallion]]. **Step 1)** Attach the slab to your desired KVM slice in the Storage Volumes section in [[https://manage.buyvm.net/|Stallion]].
  
-**Step 2)** Run ''fdisk -l'' to find out what the device path is for the slab you've just attached.+**Step 2)** Run ''sudo lsblk -o name,vendor,model,size'' to find out what the device path is for the slab you've just attached.
  
 <code> <code>
-$ sudo fdisk -l +$ sudo lsblk -o name,vendor,model,size
-Disk /dev/vda: 20 GiB, 21474836480 bytes, 41943040 sectors +
-Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes +
-Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes +
-I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes +
-Disklabel type: dos +
-Disk identifier: 0x19ed42f3 +
- +
-Device     Boot    Start      End  Sectors Size Id Type +
-/dev/vda1  *        2048 39843455 39841408  19G 83 Linux +
-/dev/vda2       39843456 41940607  2097152   1G 82 Linux swap / Solaris +
  
-Disk /dev/sda: 256 GiB, 274877906944 bytes, 536870912 sectors +NAME   VENDOR   MODEL             SIZE 
-Disk model: SLAB +sda    BUYVM    SLAB                250G 
-Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes +sr0    QEMU     QEMU DVD-ROM     1024M 
-Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes +vda    0x1af4                      10G 
-I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes +├─vda1                            9.5G 
-Disklabel type: dos +└─vda2                            512M
-Disk identifier: 0x716cfadf+
 </code> </code>
  
-In this case, there are 2 drives. One of them is the boot drive which is usually ''/dev/vda''. This is not the device we are looking for. What we're looking for is the newly attached slab's device path. You can usually tell which disk it is because every slab's Disk Model is "SLAB". In this case, the device path is /dev/sda.+In this case, you can see that the ''sda'' device has the vendor "BUYVM" and the model "SLAB" with a size of 250GB. This means that the device path will be ''/dev/sda''.
  
-**Step 3)** Now, you need to create a partition on your slab. Run ''sudo fdisk /dev/sda'' to use the fdisk partitioner on /dev/sda.+**Step 3)** Now that you've identified your slab's device path, you need to create a partition on your slab. To do this, you will be using ''parted''. Please note that ''parted'' might not be installed by default on some systems. You should be able to install it with your system's package manager. 
 + 
 +First, you're going to create the GUID Partition Table (GPT). To do this, run the following command:
 <code> <code>
-Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.33.1). +parted /dev/sda mklabel gpt
-Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. +
-Be careful before using the write command. +
- +
- +
-Command (m for help):+
 </code> </code>
  
-Type the letter **g** to create a new GPT partition table.+This will create the GPT on /dev/sda.
  
-Type the letter **n** to create a new partition. Use the default partition letter and sectors by pressing enter. +Now, you're going to create the actual partition. To do this, run the following command:
- +
- You can now quit fdisk by typing the letter **w** to write the new changes to the slab and quit.+
  
 <code> <code>
-$ sudo fdisk /dev/sda +parted /dev/sda mkpart primary 0% 100% 
- +</code>
-Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.33.1). +
-Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. +
-Be careful before using the write command. +
- +
- +
-Command (m for help): g +
-Created a new GPT disklabel (GUID: ECA757E9-5304-594C-A9CA-17E061B2E516). +
-The old dos signature will be removed by a write command.+
  
-Command (m for help): n +This will create a partition using the entire slab's storage capacity. 
-Partition number (1-128, default 1): 1 +
-First sector (2048-536870878, default 2048): 2048 +
-Last sector, +/-sectors or +/-size{K,M,G,T,P} (2048-536870878, default 536870878): 536870878 # Set this to your own default by pressing enter.+
  
-Created a new partition 1 of type 'Linux filesystem' and of size 256 GiB. +**Step 4)** Run ''sudo lsblk -o name,vendor,model,size'' again to see the new partition you just created (which should be ''/dev/sda1'').
- +
-Command (m for help): w +
-</code> +
- +
-**Step 4)** Run fdisk -l again to see the new partition you just created (''/dev/sda1'').+
 <code> <code>
-$ fdisk -l +$ sudo lsblk -o name,vendor,model,size 
-[... your boot drive ...] +NAME   VENDOR   MODEL             SIZE 
- +sda    BUYVM    SLAB                250G 
-Disk /dev/sda: 256 GiB, 274877906944 bytes, 536870912 sectors +└─sda1 
-Disk model: SLAB +sr0    QEMU     QEMU DVD-ROM     1024M 
-Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes +vda    0x1af4                      10G 
-Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes +├─vda1                            9.5G 
-I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes +└─vda2                            512M
-Disklabel type: dos +
-Disk identifier: 0x716cfadf+
  
-Device     Boot Start       End   Sectors  Size Id Type 
-/dev/sda1        2048 536870911 536868864  256G 83 Linux 
 </code> </code>
  
  
-**Step 5)** Now, you need to format the slab to have an actual filesystem. The most common filesystem is ext4 so we will be using that in this guide. To create an ext4 filesystem on your slab, run +**Step 5)** Now, you need to format the slab to have an actual filesystem. The most common filesystem is ext4 so I will be using that in this guide. To create an ext4 filesystem on your slab, run 
 <code> <code>
 mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1 mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
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 </code> </code>
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 +
 +===== How to setup a Storage Slab on Microsoft Windows =====
 +** WARNING, please make sure you follow this guide correctly or you risk wiping your boot drive.**
 +
 +**This guide should work on Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019.**
 +
 +To setup your storage slab on Windows you need to make sure that the Slab is attached on the Stallion.
 +
 +Once you have attached it follow these steps.
 +
 +  - Go to the Start Menu (Windows logo on the taskbar)
 +  - Type "Disk Management" and open it
 +  - You will see a Window that pops up that says "Initialize Disk" and the storage slab should show up as "Disk 1"
 +  - Select the disk, and click OK
 +  - The disk will then show up on Disk Management 
 +  - Right click on the unallocated space where your storage slab is and click "New Simple Volume".
 +  - After you've clicked "New Simple Volume" a setup wizard will show up. Assign the drive letter you want or mount it in empty folder.
 +  - Click next, format the drive as NTFS, quick format and you can label the drive whatever you want to then click next.
 +  - After that the drive should be formatted and will show up in File Explorer
 +
 +
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