XFS storage format

To provide a safer and more manageable network environment for your machine, as well as to support a wider range of application scenarios on our platform, we require you to adjust your disk format to XFS. Please refer to the content below for guidance on how to set it up.

Install XFS tools

sudo apt update
sudo apt install xfsprogs

Unmount the Target Partition

Before formatting, ensure that the target partition is not mounted. Use the umount command to unmount the partition. Replace /dev/sdXN with your actual partition.

sudo umount /dev/sdXN

Format the Partition as XFS

Use the mkfs.xfs command to format the partition. Please confirm the partition path again, as this operation will delete all data on the partition.

sudo mkfs.xfs /dev/sdXN

Mount the XFS Partition

After formatting is complete, you can mount the new XFS filesystem to a directory. First, create a mount point (if you don't have one already).

sudo mkdir /data

Update /etc/fstab

To automatically mount this XFS partition at system startup, you need to edit the /etc/fstab file and add a new entry. Back up the /etc/fstab file.

sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.backup

Edit the /etc/fstab file using a text editor, for example, using nano.

sudo nano /etc/fstab

Add the following line (replace /dev/sdXN with your partition and /mnt/myxfs with your mount point).

...
/dev/sdXN  /data  xfs  defaults,pquota  0  0
...

Save the file and exit the editor.

Mount the XFS partition.

sudo mount /data