The ZFS file system didn’t get ported to Linux for a long time as its source-code is distributed under the CDDL license, which is incompatible with the GNU GPL, therefore making it impossible to integrate it into the mainline Linux kernel. However, KQ Infotech, and Indian tech company, ported the ZFS file-system to Linux as an out-of-tree kernel [...]
Ars Technica has an interesting article on the background of SANs, how they work and how Isilion SAN systems work. Big data meets big storage: an in-depth look at Isilon’s scale-out storage solution We’ve gone far afield of the original subject here, so let’s swing back to it. As I said a few paragraphs back, [...]
Although ZFS exists in an operating system whose future is at risk, it is easily one of the most advanced, feature-rich file systems in existence. It incorporates variable block sizes, compression, encryption, de-duplication, snapshots, clones, and (as the name implies) support for massive capacities. Get to know the concepts behind ZFS and learn how you [...]
The top five Ask the Expert answers of 2010 to help you learn about the most important data storage best practices for your organization. Read about storage management tools and technologies such as multiprotocol or unified storage, data migration, centralized data storage and cloud storage How can multiprotocol storage arrays benefit SMBs? What are some [...]
zxfer, available under the BSD license, is a really handy and much promising ZFS tool. It transfer ZFS filesystems, snapshots, properties, files and directories, which can be done with a single command, while having similar end-to-end assurance of data integrity as the ZFS filesystem itself. Some more detailed features are: recursive transfer of filesystems minimal dependencies. [...]