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--- slab [2021/04/24 16:25]
kobi Use parted instead of fdisk
+++ slab [2024/07/28 12:30] (current)
kobi
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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.
-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 **$5 per TB** and are running on enterprise 7200RPM hard drives with an NVME cache and a 40Gbit+ InfiniBand to give you near local storage performance. A storage slab is simply like an extra hard drive for your KVM Slice.
+===== How to setup a storage slab on Linux =====
 __** WARNING, please make sure you follow this guide correctly or you risk wiping your boot drive.**__
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 **Step 1)** Attach the slab to your desired KVM slice in the Storage Volumes section in [[https://manage.buyvm.net/|Stallion]].
-**Step 2)** Run ''fdisk -l'' to find out what the device path is for the slab you've just attached.
+**Step 2)** Run ''sudo lsblk -o name,vendor,model,size'' to find out what the device path is for the slab you've just attached.
 <code>
-$ 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>
-In this case, there are 2 drives. One of them is the boot drive which is usually ''/dev/vda''. This is not the device you are looking for. What you'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. To do this, we'll 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.
+**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, we're going to create the GUID Partition Table (GPT). To do this, run the following command:
+First, you're going to create the GUID Partition Table (GPT). To do this, run the following command:
 <code>
 parted /dev/sda mklabel gpt
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 </code>
-**Step 4)** Run fdisk -l again to see the new partition you just created (which should be ''/dev/sda1'').
+This will create a partition using the entire slab's storage capacity.
-<code>
-$ fdisk -l
-[... your boot drive ...]
-Disk /dev/sda: 256 GiB, 274877906944 bytes, 536870912 sectors
+**Step 4)** Run ''sudo lsblk -o name,vendor,model,size'' again to see the new partition you just created (which should be ''/dev/sda1'').
-Disk model: SLAB
+<code>
-Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
+$ sudo lsblk -o name,vendor,model,size
-Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
+NAME   VENDOR   MODEL             SIZE
-I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
+sda    BUYVM    SLAB                250G
-Disklabel type: dos
+└─sda1
-Disk identifier: 0x716cfadf
+sr0    QEMU     QEMU DVD-ROM     1024M
+vda    0x1af4                      10G
+├─vda1                            9.5G
+└─vda2                            512M
-Device     Boot Start       End   Sectors  Size Id Type
-/dev/sda1        2048 536870911 536868864  256G 83 Linux
 </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>
 mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
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-===== Setting up a Storage Slab on Windows =====
+===== 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.