Introducing ZFS on Linux: Understand the Basics of Storage with ZFS

Introducing ZFS on Linux: Understand the Basics of Storage with ZFS

<p>Learn the basics of do-it-yourself ZFS storage on Linux. This book delivers explanations of key features and provides best practices for planning, creating and sharing your storage.</p> <p>ZFS as a file system simplifies many aspects of the storage administrator's day-to-day job and solves a lot of problems that administrators face, but it can be confusing. <i>Introducing ZFS on Linux</i> addresses some of these issues and shows you how to resolve them. </p> <p>This book explains the technical side of ZFS, through planning the hardware list to planning the physical and logical layout of the storage.</p> <p><b>What You'll Learn</b></p> <ul> <li>Understand the gains ZFS gives system and storage administrators and utilize its features</li> <li>Install and configure ZFS software</li> <li>Create and maintain ZFS pool </li> <li>Administer ZFS storage, including sharing</li> </ul> <p><b>Who This Book is For</b></p> <p>This book is ideal for those who already have experience working with Linux systems but want to understand the bare basics of ZFS before moving further.</p>