21st-Century Data Storage

ZFS, the fast, flexible, self-healing filesystem, revolutionized data storage. Leveraging ZFS changes

everything about managing FreeBSD systems. With FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS, you’ll learn to:

• understand how your hardware affects ZFS


• arrange your storage for optimal performance


• configure datasets that match your enterprise’s needs


• repair and monitor storage pools


• expand your storage


• use compression to enhance performance


• determine if deduplication is right for your data


• understand how copy-on-write changes everything


• snapshot filesystems


• automatically rotate snapshots


• clone filesystems


• understand how ZFS uses and manages space


• customize FreeBSD ZFS installs

Whether you’re a long-term FreeBSD administrator or a new user, FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS will help you simplify storage.

Master ZFS with FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS

“If you’re a FreeBSD (or Linux, or Unix) sysadmin, then you need this book.” — Slashdot, on FreeBSD Mastery: Storage Essentials