ZFS

Filesystems
Virtual FileSystems
VFS
Disk filesystems
FAT 12/16/32, VFAT Ext 2/3/4 LEAN HPFS NTFS HFS HFS+ MFS ReiserFS FFS (Amiga) FFS (BSD)/UFS BeFS BFS XFS SFS ZFS
CD/DVD filesystems
ISO 9660 Joliet UDF
Network filesystems
NFS RFS AFS
Flash filesystems
JFFS2 YAFFS

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ZFS is a filesystem designed by Sun Microsystems known for its exceptionally high storage capacities, built-in volume management, data corruption prevention measures, transparent data deduplication, and transparent encryption. The maximum file size is 2^64 bytes (16 exabytes), and the maximum number of files is 2^48.

Links

• ZFS on-disk format official specification
• Jeff Bonwick blog
• ZFS article on wikipedia