FreeBSD Mastery: Storage Essentials

FreeBSD Mastery: Storage Essentials

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: <li>identifying your storage hardware <li>the Common Access Method <li>GEOM–FreeBSD’s powerful and flexible stackable storage system <li>GUID Partition Tables, the modern disk partitioning standard <li>MBR/disklabel partitioning, used by older and embedded systems <li>avoiding common partitioning errors <li>aligning partitions to the physical disk, for peak performance <li>the high-performance Unix File System <li>tuning UFS to fit your environment and load <li>Two ways to journal filesystems, and when to use each <li>The GELI and GBDE disk encryption systems, and when to use each <li>Software-based disk mirroring, striping, RAID-5 and RAID-10. <li>Custom FreeBSD installs And more! Don’t just configure your storage. Understand it. Get FreeBSD Mastery: Storage Essentials today!