OpenZFS

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OpenZFS Topology FAQ: What's a zpool? What's a vdev? OpenZFS faq #Hi, ZFSers! If you’re new to ZFS, you’re probably not entirely solid on how the structure of the system works. This post is here to help, complete with lovely ASCII diagrams (that don’t require loading other links, sin…	3	2668	July 8, 2023
About the OpenZFS category OpenZFS	0	400	June 29, 2023
Linux distros with excellent ZFS support OpenZFS	4	48	May 21, 2025
Should recordsize be divisible by number of vdevs? OpenZFS	3	34	May 21, 2025
How does a subsequent raw send to an unmounted encrypted dataset know what to send? Sanoid	5	11	May 21, 2025
Corruption in raw send bug finally closed! OpenZFS	1	57	May 19, 2025
Advice on KVM with Networked ZFS Storage TrueNAS	3	76	May 16, 2025
How to layout a 60 drive RAIDz3 spinning rust pool for maximum space available OpenZFS	6	72	May 16, 2025
I'd like to know more about managing RAM with ZFS & Linux in general OpenZFS	9	181	May 15, 2025
TrueNAS: Separate SATA SSD Pool or HDD pool with Special Metadata vdev/L2ARC/SLOG for HomeLab VMs? TrueNAS	3	63	May 15, 2025
Troubles with SAS "Type 2 protection" OpenZFS	1	34	May 12, 2025
Why is my zfs-load-keys.service masked / symlinked to /dev/null on Ubuntu? OpenZFS	2	45	May 12, 2025
Optimal qcow2 file attributes (i.e., qemu-img create options) for VM disk image files stored on ZFS OpenZFS	3	238	May 11, 2025
Ubuntu HWE updates OpenZFS	2	48	May 9, 2025
How to restore unencrypted filesystem from encrypted backup? OpenZFS	3	61	May 9, 2025
ZFS on root for Ubuntu (used as a server) OpenZFS	8	228	May 7, 2025
[TrueNAS] Workload - Home Server MariaDB and MySQL Servers Storing Data on ZFS NAS: Is there any Benefit to using iSCSI Instead of NFS? TrueNAS	7	121	May 8, 2025
Encrypted Swap for an Encrypted ZFS Boot Menu OpenZFS	7	136	May 4, 2025
Different sized mirrored vdevs in the same zpool? OpenZFS	2	88	May 1, 2025
Possible alternative snapshot scheme OpenZFS	10	151	April 29, 2025
Linux home directory on ZFS OpenZFS	18	1126	April 29, 2025
Installing Ubuntu with ZFSBootMenu and Secure Boot enabled OpenZFS	3	1272	April 28, 2025
Using consumer SSDs for data with DC SSD for metadata? OpenZFS	22	282	April 28, 2025
Local and remote snapshot diffs differ OpenZFS	1	31	April 27, 2025
Permission delegation doesn't appear to work on parent - but on grandparent dataset OpenZFS	2	19	April 24, 2025
Auto decrypting datasets OpenZFS	4	104	April 24, 2025
Using ZFS as an iSCSI Target for Mac OS: Volbocksize and Recordsize? OpenZFS	13	340	April 20, 2025
ZFS Performance Tuning for BitTorrent OpenZFS	32	1879	April 19, 2025
Single or multiple zpools OpenZFS	8	213	April 16, 2025
Zfs sanoid and syncoid question OpenZFS	6	101	April 9, 2025

OpenZFS Topology FAQ: What's a zpool? What's a vdev?

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#Hi, ZFSers! If you’re new to ZFS, you’re probably not entirely solid on how the structure of the system works. This post is here to help, complete with lovely ASCII diagrams (that don’t require loading other links, sin…