- cross-posted to:
- hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
- cross-posted to:
- hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
Key Features in OpenZFS 2.3.0:
- RAIDZ Expansion (#15022): Add new devices to an existing RAIDZ pool, increasing storage capacity without downtime.
- Fast Dedup (#15896): A major performance upgrade to the original OpenZFS deduplication functionality.
- Direct IO (#10018): Allows bypassing the ARC for reads/writes, improving performance in scenarios like NVMe devices where caching may hinder efficiency.
- JSON (#16217): Optional JSON output for the most used commands.
- Long names (#15921): Support for file and directory names up to 1023 characters.
- Bug Fixes: A series of critical bug fixes addressing issues reported in previous versions.
- Numerous performance improvements throughout the code base.
- Supported Platforms:
- Linux kernels 4.18 - 6.12,
- FreeBSD releases 13.3, 14.0 - 14.2.
That’s good to hear. I assume people saying “ZFS” are usually referring to this OpenZFS (and usually not Oracle ZFS)?
Oracle ZFS is so obscure by now that it’s irrelevant.
As usual with Oracle products, it’s just a means to squeeze poorly led companies.