Architecture and Design of the Linux Storage Stack

Table of Contents

1. Where It All Starts From
2. Explaining the Data Structures in a VFS
3. Exploring the Actual Filesystems Under the VFS
4. Understanding the Block Layer, Block Devices, and Data Structures
5. Understanding the Block Layer, Multi-Queue, and Device Mapper
6. Understanding I/O Handling and Scheduling in the Block Layer
7. The SCSI Subsystem
8. Illustrating the Layout of Physical Media
9. Analyzing Physical Storage Performance
10. Analyzing Filesystems and the Block Layer
11. Tuning the I/O Stack