As mentioned on previous posts, I have spent the past few weeks dealing with a ZFS crash on my FreeNAS install. Because of that, not only was I forced to learn how to troubleshoot ZFS, but I also had to learn how to setup new volumes and come up with new backup strategies (between a few other things).
This was a great opportunity for me to learn more about ZFS (because I new ‘nada’ to start with). And I’m happy to share some of the knowledge that I gathered with you on this post.
Please keep in mind that I don’t consider myself an expert on ZFS (not even close), but I will try to make things simple and easy to understand for someone, who like me, is just getting started with ZFS.
An excellent starting point for diving into ZFS.
Bookmarked for later. I’ve only dealt with ZFS one time while working on a BSD (forgot which variant) box to familiarize myself. While I was able to get through it, much of the terminology was foreign to me. Nice to have a guide like this in case I need to use it again.