ZFS on FreeBSD – ZoF is ready for testing

ZFS on FreeBSD – ZoF is ready for testing

by | Jan 10, 2019 | FreeBSD, ZFS

The developers of ZFS on FreeBSD, or ZoF, are pleased to announced its availability for testing. ZoF is based on ZFS on Linux (ZoL) and is aiming to be the main OpenZFS file system to be adopted by FreeBSD users. GitHub page: https://zfsonfreebsd.github.io/ZoF/ ZoL /...
What is ZFS? Why are People Crazy About it?

What is ZFS? Why are People Crazy About it?

by | Sep 24, 2018 | ZFS

User John Paul goes into detail about the benefits of ZFS, or Zettabyte File System, the chosen filesystem for FreeBSD and other operating systems like FreeNAS. He also gives a little bit of history behind ZFS, going back to the Sun times. Today, we will take a look...
[How-To] ZFS snapshot on FreeBSD

[How-To] ZFS snapshot on FreeBSD

by | May 2, 2018 | Tutorial, ZFS

This tutorial by user Laci shows us how to set up ZFS snapshots on your FreeBSD system. The guide is in two parts and starts with setting up the zpool for snapshots then incremental snapshots. You may view the full set of instructions at the links below. A very nice...
FreeBSD Support for ZFS Channel Programs

FreeBSD Support for ZFS Channel Programs

by | Oct 6, 2017 | FreeBSD, ZFS

Michael Larabel of Phoronix reports that FreeBSD 12 will support ZFS Channel Programs, which allows for Lua scripts to executive administrative tasks. See their blog and discussion links below. ZCP allows small Lua scripts to be executed for carrying out...