XDA Developers on MSN

Proxmox has a ZFS setting nobody touches, and it could be starving your home lab of performance

ZFS needs a cache to work properly, and the default might be robbing your VMs of performance ...
Hosted on MSN

ZFS uses half my RAM on purpose, but that's not the problem people think it is

Ask anyone about running ZFS, and you'll hear the same warning: it eats half your RAM. That used to be true on Linux, which is why so many people who build their own NAS with TrueNAS Scale open the ...
Linux Journal

ZFS on Linux: Unlocking Advanced File System and Volume Management

In the realm of modern data management, few technologies hold as much promise and versatility as the ZFS file system. Originally developed by Sun Microsystems for their Solaris operating system, ZFS ...
XDA Developers

ZFS deduplication is the best way to save space on your NAS, but there's a downside nobody talks about

Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the personal technology landscape through features and opinion pieces. He writes for XDA-Developers, ...
Ars Technica

Ars walkthrough: Using the ZFS next-gen filesystem on Linux

In my last article on next-gen filesystems, we did something in between a generic high altitude overview of next-gen filesystems and a walkthrough of some of btrfs’ features and usage. This time, ...
XDA Developers

Why you should consider ZFS over Btrfs for storing data

ZFS and Better File System (Btrfs) are two popular modern file systems. Both are designed with advanced storage features and offer snapshot capabilities, data integrity protection, and highly ...
ZDNet

Linus Torvalds: Avoid Oracle's ZFS kernel code on Linux until 'litigious' Larry signs off

Linux kernel head Linus Torvalds has warned engineers against adding a module for the ZFS filesystem that was designed by Sun Microsystems – and now owned by Oracle – due to licensing issues. As ...
informationweek

Apple Clarifies Status of ZFS File System In Mac OS

Apple now says that the ZFS file system will be available in the forthcoming Mac operating system, sort of. Seeking to clarify a statement made on Monday by Brian Croll, senior director of Mac OS X ...
CRN

Review: The Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance

The CRN Test Center this month took a close look at the ZFS Storage Appliance 7420, Oracle's latest low-cost, flash-optimized storage hardware for high-performance transactional systems. In the ZFS, ...
ZDNet

ZFS data integrity tested

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 ...
Macworld

Is ZFS Apple’s secret weapon?

Editor’s Note: This story is reprinted from Computerworld. For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld’s Macintosh Knowledge Center. Apple collects secrets like a pack rat collects shiny things. It’s ...