This section includes various resources that can be used to learn
more about storage technologies and the Red Hat Enterprise Linux-specific subject matter
discussed in this chapter.
The following resources are installed in the course of a typical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation, and can help you learn more about the subject
matter discussed in this chapter.
exports(5) man page — Learn about the
NFS configuration file format.
fstab(5) man page — Learn about the
file system information configuration file format.
swapoff(8) man page — Learn how to
disable swap partitions.
df(1) man page — Learn how to display
disk space usage on mounted file systems.
fdisk(8) man page — Learn about this
partition table maintenance utility program.
mkfs(8), mke2fs(8) man
pages — Learn about these file system creation utility
programs.
badblocks(8) man page — Learn how to
test a device for bad blocks.
quotacheck(8) man page — Learn how to
verify block and inode usage for users and groups and optionally
creates disk quota files.
edquota(8) man page — Learn about
this disk quota maintenance utility program.
repquota(8) man page — Learn about
this disk quota reporting utility program.
raidtab(5) man page — Learn about the
software RAID configuration file format.
mkraid(8) man page — Learn about this
software RAID array creation utility program.
mdadm(8) man page — Learn about this
software RAID array management utility program.
lvm(8) man page — Learn about Logical
Volume Management.
devlabel(8) man page — Learn about
persistent storage device access.
https://www.pcguide.com/
— A good site for all kinds of information on various storage
technologies.
https://www.tldp.org/
— The Linux Documentation Project has HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs
that provide good overviews of storage technologies as they relate
to Linux.
The following books discuss various issues related to storage and
are good resources for Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators.
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide; Red Hat, Inc. —
Contains instructions on partitioning hard drives during the
Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation process as well as an overview of disk
partitions.
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Reference Guide; Red Hat, Inc. —
Contains detailed information on the directory structure used in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux and an overview of NFS.
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administration Guide; Red Hat, Inc. —
Includes chapters on file systems, RAID, LVM,
devlabel, partitioning, disk quotas, NFS, and
Samba.
Linux System Administration: A User's
Guide by Marcel Gagne; Addison Wesley Professional
— Contains information on user and group permissions, file
systems and disk quota, NFS and Samba.
Linux Performance Tuning and Capacity
Planning by Jason R. Fink and Matthew D. Sherer;
Sams — Contains information on disk, RAID, and NFS
performance.
Linux Administration Handbook by Evi
Nemeth, Garth Snyder, and Trent R. Hein; Prentice Hall —
Contains information on file systems, handling disk drives, NFS,
and Samba.
