I have been using ZFS daily for 6 years and I learnt a great deal about ZFS I had not yet attempted to digest...! So, I did a test install of Ubuntu-on-ZFS, and ended up with a ton of 'rpools'. That ...

One of the 4TB drives is starting to throw errors when scrubbing. HDD prices are still quite high and the whole pool has ~13TB free. I'm considering using the zpool remove command to remove the ...

In this video, Brendan Gregg from Joyent presents ZFS Performance Analysis and Tools at ZFS Day 2012 in San Francisco. The performance of the file system, or disks, is often the target of blame, ...

Anyone who deals with huge amount of critical data takes steps to ensure redundancy and backup of that data. Big companies do it as a standard practice. But small and medium businesses, SOHO (small ...