FreeBSD Mastery: Storage Essentials - IT Mastery, #4 - E-book - ePub

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 installsAnd more!Don't just configure your storage.
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