by Cao | Apr 22, 2016 | Print, ZFS
Michael W Lucas, critically acclaimed author of many BSD books, introduces the long awaited FreeBSD Mastery: Advanced ZFS co-written by Allan Jude. This book is the follow-up to FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS, which released last year. ZFS improves everything about systems...
by Cao | Mar 4, 2016 | FreeBSD Foundation, ZFS
Check out this post from the FreeBSD Foundation, regarding ZFS. There is also a lengthy discussion on ycombinator regarding the licensing issues surrounding the filesystem. ZFS has been making headlines lately, so it seems like the right time to talk about the...
by Cao | Jan 27, 2016 | Bootloader, ZFS
This revision (https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=293001) by Allan Jude added ZFS Boot Environment support to the FreeBSD bootloader, allowing users to boot their systems to multiple versions of FreeBSD using one zpool. This work has led to...
by Cao | Nov 19, 2015 | FreeNAS, ZFS
Michael Dexter returns with another piece on ZFS, this one titled The ZFS ZIL and SLOG Demystified on the FreeNAS website. The article clarifies the usage of ZIL (ZFS Intent Log) and SLOG (Separate Intent Log) on your FreeNAS or FreeBSD pools. The ZIL and SLOG are two...
by Cao | Nov 7, 2015 | Print, ZFS
If you haven’t gotten a chance to check out Michael Lucas and Allan Jude’s book on ZFS, FreeBSD Mastery – ZFS, user Wendy Michele has written a review which may help you out with that decision. Once again a great FreeBSD book to read. I was anxious...
by Cao | Oct 31, 2015 | ZFS
Allan Jude (host of BSDNow.TV) and Michael Lucas (author of many FreeBSD books) co-wrote the book FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS. Now, they have brought to us a webinar for those interested in learning about ZFS’s history, pooled storage, why ZFS is better than hardware...
