ZFS

Josh Bicking (@jibby0) - 07 March 2019

This talk goes over ZFS history, terminology, and basics.

It covers the features ZFS provides, the copy-on-write model, snapshotting, and the shortcomings of the filesystem. Complete with demo commands to get started!

Resources

• Are the GPLv2 and CDDL incompatible?
• Sun’s Common Development and Distribution License Request to the OSI
• zfsonlinux/zfs GitHub wiki: Getting Started
• Github issue: ZFS Fragmentation: Long-term Solutions
• Fork Yeah! The rise and development of illumos
• OpenZFS User Documentation
• Aaron Toponce’s “Getting Started with ZFS” Guide

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