Introduction

ZFS (Zettabyte File System) is a revolutionary storage system originally developed by Sun Microsystems and now maintained by the OpenZFS community. Unlike traditional file systems, ZFS is not just a filesystem—it is a complete storage management solution that integrates volume management and filesystem functionality into a single coherent system.

In this article, we’ll walk through the core concepts behind ZFS and get hands-on by creating our first ZFS storage pool on Linux.