LinuxCon North America 2011 | Presentations

Linux Filesystem & Storage Tuning

This tutorial presents information about proper set up and tuning of block storage, software RAID, volume managers and file systems sitting on top of it. It presents basic facts and some of the latest upstream developments, but focuses on hands-on use of this knowledge in real-scenarios. This tutorial is aimed administrators with solid Linux system and command line knowledge.

Christoph Hellwig

Christoph Hellwig has been working with and on Linux for the last ten years, dealing with kernel-related issues much of the time. In addition he is or was involved with various other Open Source projects. After a number of smaller network administration and programming contracts he worked for Caldera's German development subsidiary on various kernel and userlevel aspects of the OpenLinux distribution. Since 2004 he has been running his own business focusing on consulting, training and contracting work in the OpenSource hemisphere. Specializing on Linux filesystems and storage he is also active in bordering areas such as virtualization and networking. He has worked for well known customers such as Dell, SGI, IBM, Red Hat and startups like LeftHand Networks and Smapper Applied Data.