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NOTE: CentOS Enterprise Linux is built from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code. Other than logo and name changes CentOS Enterprise Linux is compatible with the equivalent Red Hat version. This document applies equally to both Red Hat and CentOS Enterprise Linux.
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.
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exports(5) man page — Learn about
the NFS configuration file format.
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fstab(5) man page — Learn about
the file system information configuration file format.
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swapoff(8) man page — Learn how
to disable swap partitions.
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df(1) man page — Learn how to
display disk space usage on mounted file systems.
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fdisk(8) man page — Learn about
this partition table maintenance utility program.
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mkfs(8), mke2fs(8) man pages — Learn about these file
system creation utility programs.
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badblocks(8) man page — Learn how
to test a device for bad blocks.
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quotacheck(8) man page — Learn
how to verify block and inode usage for users and groups and
optionally creates disk quota files.
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edquota(8) man page — Learn about
this disk quota maintenance utility program.
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repquota(8) man page — Learn
about this disk quota reporting utility program.
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raidtab(5) man page — Learn about
the software RAID configuration file format.
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mkraid(8) man page — Learn about
this software RAID array creation utility program.
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mdadm(8) man page — Learn about
this software RAID array management utility program.
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lvm(8) man page — Learn about
Logical Volume Management.
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devlabel(8) man page — Learn
about persistent storage device access.
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https://www.pcguide.com/ — A good site for all
kinds of information on various storage technologies.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Linux Performance Tuning and Capacity
Planning by Jason R. Fink and Matthew D. Sherer; Sams —
Contains information on disk, RAID, and NFS performance.
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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.
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