The choice of file system matters quite a lot when it comes to storing data, especially when you're working with a lot of it. Your typical network-attached storage (NAS) may use EXT4 or BTRFS, and ...

I don't care what Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz said, or how the Mac community interprets what he said, the idea that ZFS will be the default, boot FS in Leopard makes no sense.Now, that's not the same as ...

ZFS and Better File System (Btrfs) are two popular modern file systems. Both are designed with advanced storage features and offer snapshot capabilities, data integrity protection, and highly ...

Apple now says that the ZFS file system will be available in the forthcoming Mac operating system, sort of. Seeking to clarify a statement made on Monday by Brian Croll, senior director of Mac OS X ...

Here's what ZFS is all about—and why I'd love it if it were simpler to use. ZFS, originally an acronym for Zettabyte File System, is an advanced, combined file system and logical volume manager ...

Expected to arrive several years ago in Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard," Sun's ZFS file system was early in the year announced for release in Snow Leopard Server. However, Apple this week pulled the plug on ...

Fantastic news for nerds who keep up with file systems. Sun’s just accidentally spilled the beans that OS 10.5, aka OS X Leopard, is going to be using ZFS as its default file system. ZFS replaces ...

Bacula Systems, a global leader in high-security, high-performance backup and recovery solutions, today announced its latest Use Case: native integration and interoperability with the ZFS file system.

Editor’s Note: This story is reprinted from Computerworld. For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld’s Macintosh Knowledge Center. Apple collects secrets like a pack rat collects shiny things. It’s ...

We’ve heard rumors for a while that Apple’s forthcoming Leopard operating system will use the next-generation file system called ZFS. Now it seems to be official. As MacRumors.com notes, Sun ...

Unlike a traditional file system, which resides on a single device and thus requires a volume manager to use more than one device, ZFS is built on top of virtual storage pools called zpools. A pool is ...

Apple Inc. collects secrets like a pack rat collects shiny things. It’s part of the company’s culture. So when someone breaks the code of silence, it sets virtual seismographic needles scratching.