This tool/script will create and replicate ZFS datasets/file systems using snapshots between source and target hosts on *nix systems. Its intended to be run primarily via cron as the root user but can ...

ZFS is the successor to the Unix File System used in Solaris, and is an advanced file system equipped with snapshot, copy-on-write, and RAID functions. The open source implementation of ZFS could not ...

The zfs-compression-evaluator script evaluates and compares different compression algorithms based on their performance metrics. It uses data from a provided Excel file containing details about ...

I've been doing home backups with rdiff-backup for ages. I like it because: the latest backup is just a copy of the backed up filesystem which you can browse without using rdiff-backup incremental; ...

In my last article on next-gen filesystems, we did something in between a generic high altitude overview of next-gen filesystems and a walkthrough of some of btrfs’ features and usage. This time, ...

Version 8.0 of the QuestDB time series database is said to be significantly faster. Furthermore, the open source version now also supports ZFS compression. After just over a month, the developers of ...

If you're running a NAS or considering building one, you've likely come across the term ZFS. On paper, it sounds like the perfect file system for a NAS. The file system promises reliability, ...