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Oracle Linux Cookbook

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Product type Book
Published in Jan 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803249285
Pages 548 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (3):
Erik Benner Erik Benner
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Erik B. Thomsen Erik B. Thomsen
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Jonathan Spindel Jonathan Spindel
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Preface 1. Chapter 1: Oracle Linux 8 – Get It? Got It? Good! 2. Chapter 2: Installing with and without Automation Magic 3. Chapter 3: Exploring the Various Boot Options and Kernels in Oracle Linux 4. Chapter 4: Creating and Managing Single-Instance Filesystems 5. Chapter 5: Software Management with DNF 6. Chapter 6: Eliminating All the SPOFs! An Exercise in Redundancy 7. Chapter 7: Oracle Linux 8 – Patching Doesn’t Have to Mean Rebooting 8. Chapter 8: DevOps Automation Tools – Terraform, Ansible, Packer, and More 9. Chapter 9: Keeping the Data Safe – Securing a System 10. Chapter 10: Revisiting Modules and AppStreams 11. Chapter 11: Lions, Tigers, and Containers – Oh My! Podman and Friends 12. Chapter 12: Navigating Ansible Waters 13. Chapter 13: Let’s All Go to the Cloud 14. Index 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Btrfs – subvolumes, snapshots, quotas, and more

Btrfs can do so much more than the older XFS technology. This includes subvolumes, snapshots, and quotas. Btrfs subvolumes are an exceptional tool that allows users to create multiple snapshots or subfilesystems within a single Btrfs filesystem. These subvolumes are displayed as distinct directories in the filesystem hierarchy, but they utilize the same storage space and can be managed independently.

The flexibility and versatility of subvolumes make them ideal for various purposes, such as creating backups or isolating different parts of the filesystem for easier management. Snapshots are particularly useful since they offer read-only copies of the filesystem at a specific point in time. With snapshots, users can restore files or entire subvolumes to a previous state or easily create replicable backups that can be moved to another system.

Subvolumes also enable users to manage disk space more efficiently. For example, users...

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