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What is ZFS good for?
Pooled Storage Unlike most files systems, ZFS combines the features of a file system and a volume manager. This means that unlike other file systems, ZFS can create a file system that spans across a series of drives or a pool. Not only that but you can add storage to a pool by adding another drive.
How does a ZFS pool work?
ZFS pools the available storage and manages all disks as a single entity. A user can add more storage drives to the pool if the file system needs additional capacity. ZFS is highly scalable and supports a large maximum file size. ZFS stores at least two copies of metadata each time data is written to disk.
What does ZFS stand for?
What Does Z File System (ZFS) Mean? The Z File System (ZFS) is an open-source logical volume manager and file system created by Sun Microsystems, originally for its Solaris operating system.
What is ZFS and Zpool?
ZFS filesystems are built on top of virtual storage pools called zpools. A zpool is constructed of virtual devices (vdevs), which are themselves constructed of block devices: files, hard drive partitions, or entire drives, with the last being the recommended usage.
How to install a ZFS boot block in Solaris?
Oracle Solaris 10 and Oracle Solaris 11 11/11: SPARC: The OpenBoot PROM (OBP) requires a root pool disk with an SMI (VTOC) label.
How to set ZFS dataset properties on Solaris?
About ZFS Data Encryption. The encryption and key management policy for a ZFS file system is controlled via ZFS properties,and the normal ZFS inheritance rules apply.
ZFS stands for Zettabyte File System and is a next generation file system originally developed by Sun Microsystems for building next generation NAS solutions with better security, reliability and performance. How do I create a ZFS file system? Become root or assume an equivalent role with the appropriate ZFS rights profile.
How to break the ZFS mirror on Solaris?
This feature is available only for mirrored zpools.