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:

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!