Adding additional storage volumes
Additional server storage space will likely be required at some time. The capacity of a server can be expanded by installing more hard drives, either on a standalone machine or by using cloud computing. Whatever its name may be, we’ll need to find out how to format and mount the device before we can use the additional space.
Using LVM (which we will cover later in this chapter), we can easily add space to an existing volume without restarting the server. However, there is an overarching procedure that must be followed when introducing a new device. The following are a few things to consider while upgrading your system’s storage capacity:
- Can you tell me how much space you’ll need? If there is enough free space in your hypervisor’s storage pool, you can create a virtual disk of any size you like.
- How do you want to call it? Disks are typically labeled with increasing last numbers of their respective names ...
