5.10. Additional Resources

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.

5.10.1. Installed Documentation

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.
  • 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.