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Here’s a list of 50 Linux article ideas tailored for people who want to become Linux administrators. These cover essential and practical skills across storage management, system administration, performance tuning, backup, networking, and monitoring—using the tools you mentioned as a guide.

📦 Storage Management & Disk Utilities

  1. How to Partition Disks with fdisk, parted, and gdisk

  2. Formatting Disks with mkfs.ext4, mkfs.xfs, and mkfs.btrfs

  3. Understanding and Using /etc/fstab for Auto-Mounting

  4. How to Expand and Shrink File Systems (Ext4, XFS, Btrfs)

  5. Using lsblk, blkid, and df to Investigate Storage

  6. A Beginner’s Guide to Logical Volume Management (LVM)

  7. How to Resize LVM Volumes Without Data Loss

  8. Building Software RAID Arrays with mdadm

  9. Secure Disk Wiping with shred, dd, and wipefs

  10. Creating and Managing Swap Partitions and Files

🔐 Encryption and Disk Security

  1. Full Disk Encryption with LUKS and cryptsetup

  2. How to Encrypt External Drives on Linux

  3. Automating Encrypted Volume Mounting on Boot

  4. Using TPM with LUKS on Modern Linux Systems

  5. Comparing LUKS vs VeraCrypt on Linux

💾 Filesystem Tools and Tuning

  1. Using tune2fs to Optimize Ext4 Filesystems

  2. Monitoring and Repairing File Systems with fsck

  3. Creating and Managing Btrfs Subvolumes and Snapshots

  4. Growing and Shrinking XFS and Ext4 File Systems Safely

  5. Troubleshooting Mount Issues in Linux with dmesg and journalctl

📊 Disk Monitoring & Benchmarking

  1. Using smartctl to Monitor Drive Health and Prevent Failure

  2. Identifying I/O Bottlenecks with iotop and iostat

  3. Benchmarking Disk Speed with fio, hdparm, and dd

  4. Diagnosing Bad Sectors with badblocks

  5. How to Read /proc/mdstat and Monitor RAID Arrays

🧰 Backup, Recovery, and Imaging

  1. Creating Incremental Backups with rsync

  2. Full-System Backups Using tar and gzip

  3. Cloning and Imaging Disks with dd and ddrescue

  4. How to Recover Deleted Partitions with TestDisk

  5. Setting Up Automated Backups with borg or restic

📈 Disk Usage and Quotas

  1. Using du and ncdu to Find Disk Hogs

  2. Managing User Disk Quotas with quota and edquota

  3. Enforcing Quotas on XFS with xfs_quota

  4. How to Clean Up Log Files in /var Without Breaking the System

  5. Using find, sort, and du to Track Down Large Files

⚙️ System Maintenance & Automation

  1. Writing Shell Scripts for Disk Maintenance Tasks

  2. Automating Disk Monitoring with cron and Log Rotation

  3. Boot Troubleshooting: Repairing GRUB and File Systems

  4. Using systemd to Automate Storage Tasks on Boot

  5. Diagnosing and Fixing Slow Boot Due to Mount Issues

🧮 Advanced Linux Admin Topics

  1. Managing Remote Storage with NFS and CIFS/Samba

  2. Understanding and Implementing iSCSI Storage on Linux

  3. ZFS vs Btrfs: Which File System Should You Use in 2025?

  4. LVM Snapshots: What They Are and How to Use Them Safely

  5. Linux Kernel I/O Schedulers and Their Impact on Disk Performance

💡 Career-Focused & Real-World Scenarios

  1. The Essential Linux Storage Tools Every Admin Must Know

  2. Setting Up a Reliable Backup System for Home or Small Office

  3. Top 10 Storage Mistakes New Linux Admins Make

  4. How to Prepare for a Linux Admin Interview: Storage & File Systems

  5. Hands-On Lab: Build a Storage Server with LVM, RAID, and Encryption

Would you like me to group these into a content plan for a blog or training course? I can also generate outlines or full articles for any of the topics above.

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