Creating a Data Drive

To meet data storage requirements, a data drive needs to be created for larger data storage capacity.

1. Create a file system. XFS is used as an example. In the following command, /dev/nvme0n1 varies according to the actual drive name.

   1	mkfs.xfs /dev/nvme0n1

   If a file system has been created for the drive, an error will be reported when you run the command. The -f parameter can be used to forcibly create a file system.

   1	mkfs.xfs -f /dev/nvme0n1

2. Create a data directory.

   1	mkdir /data

3. Mount the drive.

   1	mount /dev/nvme0n1 /data

4. Open the /etc/fstab file.

   vi /etc/fstab

5. Press i to enter the insert mode and add the following content to the end of the file:

   /dev/nvme0n1            /data                      xfs     defaults        1 2

   The following page is displayed after the modification:

   

6. Press Esc, type :wq!, and press Enter to save the file and exit.