ZFS

Interested in ZFS and would like to learn more but don’t know where to start?

Jim Salter published a series of great articles on Ars Technica as well as a bunch of blog posts that will help you hit the ground running.

Ars Technica

• Bitrot and atomic COWs: Inside “next-gen” filesystems
• ZFS 101—Understanding ZFS storage and performance
• Ars walkthrough: Using the ZFS next-gen filesystem on Linux
• A quick-start guide to OpenZFS native encryption
• ZFS versus RAID: Eight Ironwolf disks, two filesystems, one winner
• rsync.net: ZFS Replication to the cloud is finally here—and it’s fast
• Digging into the new features in OpenZFS post-Linux migration
• ZFS fans, rejoice—RAIDz expansion will be a thing very soon
• OpenZFS 2.0 release unifies Linux, BSD and adds tons of new features
• OpenZFS 2.1 is out—let’s talk about its brand-new dRAID vdevs

Other Places

• Check out a well-written high-level overiew, albeit likely dated, on Nex7’s Blog Things Nobody Told You About ZFS.
• Jim Salter also talks about ZFS on his blog.
• r/zfs is a good place to talk about ZFS with like-minded enthusiats.
• Check out official OpenZFS project documentation as well.