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knowledge graphs on storage in unix
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| %% Main Header | |
| Title[ULTIMATE KNOWLEDGE GRAPH ON STORAGE IN UNIX] | |
| style Title fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px | |
| %% Physical Layer | |
| SD[STORAGE DEVICE: Piece of hardware used to store data] --> Comp[Composed of] | |
| Comp --> Drive[DRIVE: Part of device responsible for reading/writing. Now used to indicate media where data is stored.] | |
| Comp --> Disk[DISK: Media where we store data. Name from old devices that were actually disks.] | |
| Drive --- Note1[In modern slang these are equivalent] | |
| Disk --- Note1 | |
| %% Partitioning Layer | |
| SD --> Partition[PARTITION: Logical software defined boundaries on a drive. Useful to use multiple file systems on one device.] | |
| Partition --> GPT[GPT: GUID Partition Table] | |
| Partition --> MBR[MBR: Master Boot Record] | |
| %% File System Layer | |
| Partition --> FS[FILE SYSTEM: A strategy on how we manage files in a partition] | |
| FS --> XFS[XFS] | |
| FS --> ZFS[ZFS] | |
| FS --> EXT4[EXT4] | |
| %% Directory & Mounting | |
| Inode[INODE: data structure in a unix file-system that describes...] | |
| Dir[DIRECTORY: Type of inode used to organize files, links, and other directories] | |
| File[FILE: Type of inode] | |
| Link[LINK: ] | |
| Mount[MOUNT POINT: Directory where we mount a file system, partition, or storage device] | |
| FS -.-> Inode | |
| Inode --> Dir | |
| Inode --> File | |
| Inode --> Link | |
| Dir --> Mount | |
| %% FS --> Mount | |
| %% Logical Volume Management (LVM) | |
| Partition -- "Used to build" --> PV[PHYSICAL VOLUME: A partition + a file system] | |
| PV -- "Multiple PVs form" --> VG[VOLUME GROUP: Aggregation of PVs] | |
| VG -- "Multiple" --> LV[LOGICAL VOLUME: Aggregation of PVs] | |
| %% Styling to match your red-ink theme | |
| %% style SD stroke:#ff0000,stroke-width:2px | |
| %% style Partition stroke:#ff0000,stroke-width:2px | |
| %% style FS stroke:#ff0000,stroke-width:2px | |
| %% style PV stroke:#ff0000,stroke-width:2px | |
| %% style VG stroke:#ff0000,stroke-width:2px | |
| %% style LV stroke:#ff0000,stroke-width:2px |
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