FreeBSD Mastery: Storage Essentials: 4 (IT Mastery) - Softcover

Lucas, Michael W

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1642350095 ISBN 13: 9781642350098

Publisher: Tilted Windmill Press, 2014

Synopsis

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!

Edition details

• Publisher: Tilted Windmill Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1642350095
• ISBN 13: 9781642350098
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240