advanced_disksetup.xml

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 <title>Advanced Disk Setup</title>
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  <meta name="description">Understand advanced storage configurations on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server including LVM, RAID, and multipath setups for optimized disk management and data</meta>
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     <date>2026-04-09</date>
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  Sophisticated system configurations require specific disk setups. All common
  partitioning tasks can be done with &yast;. To get persistent device naming
  with block devices, use the block devices below
  <filename>/dev/disk/by-id</filename> or
  <filename>/dev/disk/by-uuid</filename>. Logical Volume Management (LVM) is a
  disk partitioning scheme that is designed to be much more flexible than the
  physical partitioning used in standard setups. Its snapshot functionality
  enables easy creation of data backups. Redundant Array of Independent Disks
  (RAID) offers increased data integrity, performance, and fault tolerance.
  &productname; also supports multipath I/O <phrase os="sles"> (see
  <xref linkend="cha-multipath"/> for details)</phrase>. There is also the
  option to use iSCSI as a networked disk<phrase os="sles"> (read more about
  iSCSI in <xref linkend="cha-iscsi"/>)</phrase>.
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