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Comment by layer8

1 month ago

I never found a good non-tutorial introduction into ZFS concepts. Do you know any? By non-tutorial, I mean something that doesn’t focus on teaching you the command-line tooling. Like you can explain to someone how Git works conceptually in detail, without having to mention any Git commands and having them exercise some Git workflow hands-on.

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rabf  1 month ago

There really isn't many concepts to get. `zpool` is like the device manager, use it define how your disks are grouped i.e. turn two disks into a mirror or striped array. `zfs` creates, sets properties on and manages the datasets on the zpool.

For Linux specifically I also reccomend https://docs.zfsbootmenu.org/en/v3.1.x/.

ZFSBootmenu is a bootloader that is fully able to take advantage of all the ZFS features and it also has great documentation with installation guides for a range of distros. https://docs.zfsbootmenu.org/en/v3.1.x/guides/fedora/uefi.ht...

I reccomend you just play around with it a bit first (you can just use some 1Gb test files instead of actual disks), its really just a lack of familiarity that scares people away.

e12e  1 month ago

Did you read the fine manual?

https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/man/master/7/zpoolcon...

https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/man/master/8/zpool.8....

https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/man/master/8/zfs.8.ht...