by Cao | 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...
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by Cao | 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...
by Cao | 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...
by Cao | Nov 17, 2016 | Tutorial, ZFS
User Vivek Gite shows us how to automatically mount the ZFS file system in FreeBSD and other UNIX systems. Follow the link below for the full set of instructions. have created a zfs file system called data/vm_guests on Ubuntu Linux server. After the server reboot,...
by Cao | Sep 2, 2016 | bsdnow.tv, Video, ZFS
In this BSD Now episode, hosts Kris Moore and Allan Jude interview Richard Yao regarding his work in porting ZFS to Linux. Press play below to tune in and hear additional BSD news: For this week’s roundup of BSD related content from BSD Now –...
by Cao | Jul 8, 2016 | Apple, OSX, ZFS
ZFS developer Adam H. Leventhal writes an in-depth comparison between ZFS–a prominent filesystem in BSD systems, and APFS–a new filesystem developed for Apple’s macOS and replacing its aging HFS+. The author discusses its snapshot and backup,...
