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How to install GlusterFS with a replicated high availability storage volume on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS

Posted: 27 Feb 2017 11:38 AM PST

I want to share my web server DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ across 2 Apache web server. Both of my web servers are behind load balanced reverse proxy powered by Nginx. How do I setup and install GlusterFS ("distributed storage") which is a scalable network filesystem on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS server?

How to wipe a signature from a disk device on Linux with wipefs command

Posted: 27 Feb 2017 05:45 AM PST

I recently decommissioned Debian Linux based nas server and moved disk from my nas server to Linux-powered desktop. However, when I run fdisk command, I am getting the following error: /dev/sdb: device contains a valid 'LVM2_member' signature; it is strongly recommended to wipe the device with wipefs(8) if this is unexpected, in order to avoid possible collisions What is a wipefs and how do I use it on Linux?