Want to relax and unwind after setting up your NAS? Store all your data using ZFS, and you'll have access to snapshots, a ...

In the second of those stories, we even promised a follow-up exploring the performance of various multiple-disk topologies in ZFS, the next-gen filesystem you have heard about because of its ...

It's also important to understand what ZFS is and how it works. But at some point, people (particularly computer enthusiasts on the Internet) want numbers. First, a quick note: This testing ...

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 ...

ZFS is designed to protect, store and access data in the most demanding enterprise environments. Using standard, low-cost components: disk drives, enclosures, adapters, cables.

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.

There are two excellent file systems that can do this job: ZFS and Btrfs. Btrfs is very new and is still under heavy development so I don’t recommend using it yet. ZFS, on the other hand ...