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If you've 
opted for a filesystem type other than ext4, you can use that in place of ext4 
when using 
mkfs
. The following example creates an XFS filesystem instead:
sudo mkfs.xfs /dev/sdb1.
So, now that we've created one or more partitions and formatted them, we're ready 
to mount the newly created partition(s) on our server. In the next section, I'll walk 
you through mounting and unmounting storage volumes.
Mounting and unmounting volumes
Now that you've added a new storage volume to your server and have formatted 
it, you can mount the new device so that you can start using it. To do this, we use 
the 
mount
 command. This command allows you to attach a storage device (or even 
a network share) to a local directory on your server. Before mounting, the directory 
must be empty. The 
mount
 command, which we'll get to practice with an example 
very shortly, basically just requires you to designate a place (directory) for the device 
to be mounted to. But where should you mount the volume?
Normally, there are two directories created by default in your Ubuntu Server 
installation that exist for the purposes of mounting volumes: 
/mnt
 and 
/media
. 
While there is no hard rule as far as where media needs to be mounted, these two 
directories exist as part of the