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However, it's important to point out that where the FHS indicates you should mount 
your extra volumes is only a suggestion. No one is going to force you to follow it, 
and the fate of the world isn't dependent on your choice. With the 
mount
 command, 
you can literally mount your extra storage anywhere that isn't already mounted 
or full of files. You could even create the directory 
/kittens
 and mount your disks 
there and you won't suffer any consequences other than a few chuckles from your 
colleagues.
Often, organizations will come up with their own scheme for where to mount extra 
disks. Although I personally follow the FHS designation, I've seen companies use a 
custom common mount directory such as 
/store
. Whatever scheme you use is up to 
you; the only suggestion I can make is to be as consistent as you can from one server 
to another, if only for the sake of sanity.
The 
mount
 command generally needs to be run as 
root
. While there is a way around 
that (you can allow normal users to mount volumes, but we won't get into that just 
yet), it's usually the case that only 
root
 can or should be mounting volumes. As I 
mentioned, you'll need a place to mount these volumes, so create a directory called 
/
mnt/vol1
 with the following command:
sudo mkdir /mnt/vol1
When you've created a directory, like I have, or decided on an existing one, you can 
mount a volume with a command similar to the following:
sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/vol1
In that example, I'm mounting device 
/dev/sdb1
 to directory 
/mnt/vol1
.
Of course, you'll need to adjust the command to reference the device you want to 
mount and where you want to mount it. As a reminder, if you don't remember which 
devices exist on your server, you can list them with 
fdisk –l
.
Normally, the 
mount
 command wants you to issue the 
-t
 option with a given type. In 
my case, the 
mount
 command would've been the following had I used the 
-t
 option, 
considering my disk is formatted with ext4:
sudo mount /dev/sdb1 -t ext4 /mnt/vol1

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Managing Storage Volumes