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

If you're running a NAS or considering building one, you've likely come across the term ZFS. On paper, it sounds like the perfect file system for a NAS. The file system promises reliability, ...
Ars Technica

rsync.net: ZFS Replication to the cloud is finally here—and it’s fast

In mid-August, the first commercially available ZFS cloud replication target became available at rsync.net. Who cares, right? As the service itself states, “If you’re not sure what this means, our ...
XDA Developers on MSN

I did this instead of adding a metadata vdev to my ZFS pool, and everything got faster

Getting more from my NAS with a single upgrade.
ZDNet

ZFS/Mac coming soon

ZFS implements very fast RAID that fixes the performance knock-off against software RAID. In ZFS all writes are the fastest kind: full stripe writes, running on the fastest processor in your system ...
The Next Platform

Bolstering Lustre on ZFS: Highlights of Continuing Work

The Zettabyte File System (ZFS), as a back-end file system to Lustre, has had support in Lustre for a long time. But in the last few years it has gained greater importance, likely due to Lustre’s push ...
PC World

Ubuntu 16.04’s support for the ZFS file system may violate the General Public License

Ubuntu 16.04’s support for the ZFS file system is one of many useful enterprise features on top of all the Linux desktop polish in the new OS. But Linux distributions have avoided shipping ZFS support ...
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, ...
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 ...
AppleInsider

Apple shuts down ZFS open source project

Apple's efforts to support the development of ZFS, an advanced file system originally created by Sun, were officially terminated today in a notice posted by MacOS Forge. The tersely worded message ...
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 ...
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, ...