FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS

ZFS, the fast, flexible, self-healing filesystem, revolutionized data storage. Leveraging ZFS changes everything about managing FreeBSD systems.

“Thanks for making ZFS knowable by everyone” — Matt Ahrens, ZFS co-creator

“Thanks for doing this… now I don’t have to” &emdash; Jeff Bonwick, ZFS co-creator

With FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS, you’ll learn to:

select hardware for ZFS systems
arrange your storage for optimal performance
configure datasets that match your enterprise’s needs
repair and monitor storage pools
expand your storage
use compression to enhance performance
determine if deduplication is right for your data
understand how copy-on-write changes everything
snapshot filesystems
automatically rotate snapshots
clone filesystems
optimize how ZFS uses and manages space
customize FreeBSD ZFS installs

Whether you’re a long-term FreeBSD administrator or a new user, FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS will help you simplify storage.