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FreeBSD Mastery - (It Mastery) by Michael W Lucas (Paperback)
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Highlights
- FreeBSD is one of the oldest and most featureful open-source Unix-like operating systems.
- Author(s): Michael W Lucas
- 240 Pages
- Computers + Internet, System Administration
- Series Name: It Mastery
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About the Book
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.
Book 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!
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