Zettabyte File System (ZFS) is a file system with volume management capabilities. Created by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle) in 2005, it has since been developed into one of the most robust file ...

ZFS: The other new Apple file system that almost was—until it wasn’t In file systems as in all else, Steve Jobs' favor was a fickle thing. Adam H. Leventhal – Jun 27, 2016 4:40 pm ...

Instead of Back to the Future, we're rolling Back to the Past with ZFS snapshots.With them correctly configured, you can roll back an entire file system to a point in time when everything was ...

ZFS is a 128-bit file system that Sun announced in 2004 but didn’t integrate with its Solaris operating system until 2006. Among ZFS’ selling points is huge capacity, storage pooling, fast ...

Since ZFS is transactional (think “no fsck”), it is always consistent. With journaling, file system changes can be replayed as needed and no external tool is required to effect repairs.

While ZFS was initially exclusive to Solaris and other Unix-like operating systems, its integration with Linux has opened up a world of possibilities for system administrators and enthusiasts alike.

It may have been a premeditated outburst or a sudden slip-of-the-lip, but either way Sun Microsystems chief executive Jonathan Schwartz is claiming that Apple next week will announce a plan to ...

One of the weaknesses in the ZFS implementation on Linux is that the ARC—which is ZFS' Advanced Replacement Cache, a smarter type of cache than the typical "first in first out" used in most ...

Promising better data integrity, start-up Ten's Complement has released a new file system for Macs based on Oracle's ZFS. It's an approach Apple began but dropped. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

Ubuntu 16.04’s support for the ZFS file system is one of many useful enterprise features on top of all the Linux desktop polish in the new OS. But Linux distributions have avoided shipping ZFS ...

Sun spilled the beans about ZFS and Apple's upcoming OS X update, but what is ZFS, and how integral is it to Leopard? Apple collects secrets like a pack rat collects shiny things. It’s part of ...