Install CentOS on VMware + Linux Server Performance Tuning & How to Add & Permanently Mount a New HD
Learn how to install CentOS on VMware, perform essential Linux server performance tuning, and add + permanently mount a new HDD — all in one step-by-step tutorial for beginners and sysadmins. This fast, practical guide is ideal for home labs and production testing on VMware Workstation / ESXi. Follow along and get your CentOS VM optimized and storage mounted correctly.
What you’ll learn:
• How to create and install a CentOS VM on VMware (configuration, ISO, disk & network setup)
• Key performance tuning tips for Linux servers (sysctl, swappiness, I/O scheduler, CPU/memory tuning, services)
• How to add a new physical/virtual HDD to a CentOS VM and permanently mount it (partition, format, fstab)
• Commands and config examples you can copy/paste
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro & Overview
0:40 Downloading CentOS ISO & VMware setup
2:30 Creating the CentOS VM (CPU, RAM, disk settings)
5:20 Installing CentOS step-by-step (partition choices, minimal vs GUI)
10:50 Post-install essentials (SSH, updates, basic packages)
13:30 Performance tuning — kernel & sysctl tweaks
17:10 Tuning I/O, swappiness, and CPU governor
20:45 Adding a new HDD to VMware VM (attach disk)
22:40 Detecting new disk in CentOS, partitioning with fdisk/parted
25:00 Formatting (ext4/xfs) and mounting manually
27:10 Making the mount permanent using /etc/fstab (examples)
29:50 Verifying mounts, permissions and ownership
31:20 Final checklist & recommended monitoring tools
32:10 Wrap up & next steps
Commands & resources used in this video (copy/paste):
Update system: sudo yum update -y
Show disks: lsblk / fdisk -l
Partition: sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
Make filesystem: sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1 (or mkfs.xfs)
Mount manually: sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/newdisk
Edit fstab: sudo nano /etc/fstab → add /dev/sdb1 /mnt/newdisk ext4 defaults 0 2
sysctl tweaks example: add to /etc/sysctl.conf then sudo sysctl -p
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