The ZFS Special Device can store metadata (where files are, allocation tables, etc) which already improve performances greatly AND, optionally, small files up to a user-defined size on this special ...

Step 3 — Setting Up the ZFS Pool A ZFS Storage Pool, or zpool, is a collection of volumes, and it’s how ZFS manages its filesystem. And they’re easy to create. Since DigitalOcean volumes implement ...

A new long-term support (LTS) version of Ubuntu is coming out in April, and Canonical just announced a major addition that will please anyone interested in file storage. Ubuntu 16.04 will include the ...

If you're new to the ZFS hype train, you might wonder why a new filesystem option in an OS installer is a big deal. So here's a quick explanation: ZFS is a copy-on-write filesystem, which can take ...

Building a home server can seem like a daunting task, but with the right tools and approach, you can create a powerful, scalable system tailored to your specific needs. This guide provides a ...

File systems guard all the data in your computer, but most are based on 20-30 year old architectures that put your data at risk with every I/O. The open source ZFS from Sun Oracle claims high data ...

The latest version of OpenZFS offers RAID expansion, plus faster data deduplication donated by iXsystems. The code will be available very soon in the beta of TrueNAS SCALE 25.04. OpenZFS release 2.3.0 ...

I hate to say it, but it looks like any dreams we had of using Ubuntu on ZFS are squarely that: dreams. In 2019 Canonical was upbeat about their support for contentious file system, making waves with ...