Comment by 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...

I have seen those, yes. These are reference materials, not an introductory presentation that explains the concepts and their relations, design rationale and use cases in context.

It's a terrible manual. Doesn't explain how to export via NFS, SMB. For instance, when to use zfs set vs /etc/exports

Doesn't explain why zfs list sometimes shows datasets that have no mountpoint, but doesn't allow you to set a mountpoint (because it's not mountable).

ZFS is a great technology but it's documentation is terrible.