Section 3: Resource Administration – Storage, Boot Process, Tuning, and Containers

Managing the resources of machines running RHEL is fundamental in terms of a performant, efficient IT environment. Understanding the storage, tuning the performance (including the configuration required to make it permanent in the boot process), and then using containers to isolate processes and assign resources more efficiently are areas into which a system administrator will surely step in their daily work.

The following chapters are included in this section:

• Chapter 12, Managing Local Storage and Filesystems
• Chapter 13, Flexible Storage Management with LVM
• Chapter 14, Advanced Storage Management with Stratis and VDO
• Chapter 15, Understanding the Boot Process
• , Kernel Tuning and Managing Performance Profiles with tuned
• Chapter 17, Managing Containers with Podman, Buildah, and Skopeo