How To Gather Comprehensive Disk Information On Linux

Understanding the disk configuration and health of your Linux system is important for system administration, troubleshooting, and optimization. In this video, we'll walk you through a detailed process of displaying or gathering comprehensive disk information in Linux using popular utilities like parted, inxi, and lsblk.

By the end of this video, you'll have a clear understanding of how to collect and analyze disk data, which can be useful for maintaining and optimizing your Linux environment.

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What you'll learn:
1. Step-by-Step Guide to Gathering Disk Information in Linux
2. Preparing the Output File
a. How to create a text file where all the disk information will be stored
b. How to initializes the diskinfo.txt file with a header indicating that the following information will be related to disk partitions
3. Using parted to List Disk Partitions
a. How to use the parted utility to list all disk partitions on the system
b. How to provide detailed information about each disk partition
4. Gathering Disk Information with inxi
a. How to gather system information, including detailed disk data
b. How to append the output of inxi to our diskinfo.txt file
c. How to provide details about processes, system resources, and more
5. Listing Block Devices with lsblk
a. How to use the lsblk utility to list block devices, including detailed filesystem and permission information
b. How to complete the collection process
6. Analyzing the Collected Data
a. How to generated diskinfo.txt file
b. How to analyze the disk information
c. How To Gather Comprehensive Disk Information On Ubuntu
7. Automate Collecting Disk Information using a Script
a. How to automates the process of gathering disk information using the parted, inxi, and lsblk utilities
b. How to save the output to a file or display it in the standard output
8. How to Use the Script to Display or Save the Disk Information in a File
a. How to make the script executable
b. How to Execute the script
c. How to move the script to your system's PATH and execute it from anywhere
d. How you can simply run the diskinfo command from anywhere to display comprehensive information about your disk
9. How to gather comprehensive disk information on a Linux system
10. step-by-step approach to gathering disk information in Linux by using the parted, inxi, and lsblk utilities
11. How to efficiently collect and analyze disk data, ensuring your system is running optimally








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