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 ...

Right now the biggest barrier to ZFS on Linux is the fact that the licensing conflicts. They both use 'copyleft' free software license, but CDDL has a patent requirement that the GPLv2 doesn't have.

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 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 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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

ZFS has some impressive features that make it one of (if not) the best file systems for storing lots of data on your NAS. Here's why I use it.

An IW reader claims to have accessed the system through Disk Utility's Erase menu, and states that "ZFS is only available on non-boot drives on Sun systems, so this is also the case for Leopard ...