ZFS compression is the free storage upgrade my NAS needed, but only for some files.

ZFS has earned its reputation the hard way. It's one of the few filesystems that genuinely delivers on promises like end-to-end data integrity, self-healing, snapshots that don't feel like a hack, and ...

Nexenta's new NexentaStor 3.0 is the first commercial storage appliance software to incorporate in-line data dedupe with open-source ZFS, said Evan Powell, CEO of the Portland, Ore.-based storage ...

ZFS and Better File System (Btrfs) are two popular modern file systems. Both are designed with advanced storage features and offer snapshot capabilities, data integrity protection, and highly ...

The CRN Test Center this month took a close look at the ZFS Storage Appliance 7420, Oracle's latest low-cost, flash-optimized storage hardware for high-performance transactional systems. In the ZFS, ...

Wikibon recently published a report on the Oracle ZFS storage appliance, ultimately giving it a rather positive review. The IT market research firm has been very critical of Oracle products and ...

AI success depends on whether enterprise data is ready, reachable, and close enough to the workloads that need it. In this eSpeaks episode, Dell Technologies’ Vrashank Jain explains why fragmented ...

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 ...

The Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance is designed for mid-tier NAS environments. The line has two products, the ZS3-2 and ZS4-4, that have variable setup options and a wide range of configurations. Oracle ...

Oracle unveiled a new "cloud converged storage" option to enable customers to extend their on-premises storage into the company's public cloud without an external cloud gateway. Oracle's ZFS Operating ...

I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...