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Understand output of `udevadm info -a -n /dev/sdb`

I plug an external HDD into my laptop. I try to find out the information by $ udevadm info -a -n /dev/sdb Udevadm info starts with the device specified by the devpath and then walks up the chain of ...
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Do I need ephemeral storage?

I was running a small instance on Amazon EC2. I'm trying to migrate it to a micro as it requires very minimal processing power. One thing I just learned though, is that micro instances do not come ...
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Limiting write rate of a device

How does one go about limiting the write/read rate of a device, E.G., USB drive, SD card? Motivation behind this question is covered here (superuser.com).
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logical volume, logical disk, volume, partition, physical disk and filesystem

I was wondering how logical volume, logical disk, volume, partition, physical disk and filesystem are related and correspond to each other? I am confused about these concepts and would like to have ...