This updated edition of Michael W. Lucas' definitive volume on FreeBSD-based systems adds coverage of modern disks, the ZFS filesystem IPv6, redesigned jail and packaging systems, and virtualization, among dozens of new features added in the last 10 years.
FreeBSD is the muscle behind companies like Netflix and EMC. Any place where someone does heavy lifting on the Internet, you'll find FreeBSD. This newly revised edition of Absolute FreeBSD brings FreeBSD's strengths to bear on your problems and covers FreeBSD's newest features, all in the inimitable style that has made author Michael W. Lucas' system administration books so popular.
Any computer system is only as good as the system administrator's knowledge. Absolute FreeBSD teaches you everything you need to know about managing FreeBSD systems, from installation, configuration, and taking the system from "just working" to "working well." A cohesive focus on service delivery and best practice means that you can apply much of the book to other operating systems.
Absolute FreeBSD dives deep into server management, taking you beyond just making things work and into understanding why they work.

You'll learn:
• How to best install FreeBSD to meet your needs
• Which filesystem to use in your environment
• How to back up and restore critical data
• How to tweak the kernel, and when not to
• Network configuration, from activating interfaces to selecting congestion control algorithms
• How to manage UFS, ZFS, and other critical filesystems
• FreeBSD's software packaging system, including how to build your own package repository
• How and when to upgrade
• Techniques to build your own FreeBSD
• Advanced security features like blacklistd and packet filtering
• How to monitor and adjust performance
• Container-style virtualization with jails
• Diskless systems
• Panic management and bug reporting

With Absolute FreeBSD readers will get the solid introduction they need while fans of the earlier editions will expand their skills even further.

在Michael W. Lucas关于基于FreeBSD的系统的权威著作中，这个更新版增加了对现代磁盘、ZFS文件系统IPv6、重新设计的监狱和打包系统以及虚拟化的报道，以及过去10年中增加的几十个新功能。

FreeBSD是Netflix和EMC等公司背后的肌肉。凡是有人在互联网上做重活的地方，你都会发现FreeBSD。这本新修订的Absolute FreeBSD将FreeBSD的优点带到你的问题上，并涵盖了FreeBSD的最新特性，所有这些都以作者Michael W. Lucas的系统管理书籍所特有的风格表现出来。

任何计算机系统都是由系统管理员的知识来决定的。Absolute FreeBSD教给你关于管理FreeBSD系统的所有知识，从安装、配置，到把系统从 "仅仅工作 "变成 "工作得很好"。对服务交付和最佳实践的关注意味着你可以将书中的大部分内容应用于其他操作系统。

绝对的FreeBSD深入到服务器管理中，使你不仅仅是让东西工作，而是理解它们为什么工作。

你会学到

- 如何最好地安装FreeBSD以满足您的需求

- 在您的环境中使用哪种文件系统

- 如何备份和恢复关键数据

- 如何调整内核，以及何时不调整

- 网络配置，从激活接口到选择拥堵控制算法

- 如何管理UFS、ZFS和其他关键文件系统

- FreeBSD的软件打包系统，包括如何建立自己的软件包库

- 如何以及何时升级

- 建立自己的FreeBSD的技术

- 高级安全特性，如blacklistd和包过滤

- 如何监控和调整性能

- 使用 jails 的容器式虚拟化

- 无盘系统

- 恐慌管理和错误报告

通过Absolute FreeBSD，读者将获得他们所需要的坚实的介绍，而早期版本的粉丝将进一步扩展他们的