Disk management

List all disks and partitions

• Last tested on Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS (trusty)

$ sudo lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL
NAME FSTYPE SIZE MOUNTPOINT LABEL
sda1 ext3    38G /
sda2 swap     2G [SWAP]

Mirror a folder

• Last tested on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial)

This also works between servers. The first one is on the same server.

Explanation of parameters used: -a: archive - preserve permissions, ownership, and timestamps -v: verbose -z: compress

$ rsync -azv /folder_a/ /folder_b/

This one is between different servers.

$ rsync -azv ~/folder_a/ mhan@tom.myserver.com:~/folder_b/