FreeBSD Mastery: Storage Essentials

Nonfiction, Computers, Operating Systems, Unix, Advanced Computing, Information Technology

• Author: Michael W. Lucas
• ISBN: 1230000282985
• Publisher: Tilted Windmill Press
• Publication: November 23, 2014
• Language: English

FreeBSD is one of the oldest and most featureful open-source Unix-like operating systems. FreeBSD Mastery: Storage Essentials takes you on a deep dive into FreeBSD’s disk management systems.

You’ll learn about:

• identifying your storage hardware
• the Common Access Method
• GEOM–FreeBSD’s powerful and flexible stackable storage system
• GUID Partition Tables, the modern disk partitioning standard
• MBR/disklabel partitioning, used by older and embedded systems
• avoiding common partitioning errors
• aligning partitions to the physical disk, for peak performance
• the high-performance Unix File System
• tuning UFS to fit your environment and load
• Two ways to journal filesystems, and when to use each
• The GELI and GBDE disk encryption systems, and when to use each
• Software-based disk mirroring, striping, RAID-5 and RAID-10.
• Custom FreeBSD installs

And more!

Don’t just configure your storage. Understand it. Get FreeBSD Mastery: Storage Essentials today!