Several years ago, the ZFS on Linux (ZoL) project successfully ported the Enterprise-grade ZFS file-system (originally developed by SUN Microsystems) to Linux. It was stable, safe and secure. In ...

Linux creator Linus Torvalds said he does not feel "safe" adding code from ZFS, built by Oracle's Sun Microsystems, to the Linux open source project.

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 ...

ZFS will come pre-installed on Ubuntu 16.04, a move that the Software Freedom Conservancy says violates the GNU GPL license.rn I recently started using ZFS to build my file and media server with ...

Hey all -- I'm trying to migrate from mdadm/lvm to zfs but it feels so different that I can't quite grok the differences. I've created a 'tank' mirror with my nice new shiny 2TB NAS drives zpool ...

Canonical’s latest release of its Ubuntu Linux distribution includes support for a filesystem that could inspire a legal challenge. Ubuntu 16.04 contains OpenZFS, an implementation of Sun ...

ZFS file systems are built on top of the concept of pools or “zpools” as they are referred to in ZFS. Instead of a volume manager sitting on top of multiple drives and adding a fair degree of ...

Linux systems use a number of file system types – such as Ext, Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, JFS, XFS, ZFS, XFS, ReiserFS and btrfs. Fortunately, there are a number of commands that can look at your file ...

Initially I considered FreeNAS and ran it for a while, but I am more comfortable with Linux and I prefer complete control over my server. So I chose ZFS file system with Ubuntu.