If you are dealing with large amounts of data, or providing a backing filesystem for virtualisation, ZFS is a great choice. This guide will go through the process of installing ZFS on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and setting up a storage pool.
Lets figure it out. Ubuntu has supported ZFS as an option for some time. In 19.10, we introduced experimental support on the desktop. As explained, having a ZFS on root option on our desktop was only a first step in what we want to achieve by adopting this combined file system and logical volume manager.
However, it’s only officially supported on the 64-bit version of Ubuntu– not the 32-bit version. To install ZFS, head to a terminal and run the following command: Just like any other app, it should install immediately. ZFS uses the concept of “pools”.
Can ZFS be used on root?
As explained, having a ZFS on root option on our desktop was only a first step in what we want to achieve by adopting this combined file system and logical volume manager. I strongly suggest you read the 2 blog posts, linked above, as introductions to this blog series we are starting.
It’s a matter of debate whether code licensed under ZFS’s CDDL license is compatible with the Linux kernel’s GPL license. Either way, it’s available for download at zfsonlinux. Org for other Linux distributions that don’t choose to include it. This file system is often used by organizations for larger servers rather than desktop PCs.
What is ZFS and why is it important?
ZFS is a file system focused on storage and redundancy. It’s designed with file servers in mind, where high availability and data integrity are absolutely paramount. That’s one reason it’s interesting, but very exciting, to see it natively available on a desktop operating system like Ubuntu.
Overview ZFS is a combined file system and logical volume manager originally designed and implemented by a team at Sun Microsystems led by Jeff Bonwick and Matthew Ahrens.
When drives are added to the RAID-Z pools, they have to be added in multiples of two. When ZFS was created, it was designed to be the last word in file systems. At a time when most file systems where 64-bit, the ZFS creators decided to jump right to 128-bit to future proof it.
Does OpenZFS work with zsys?
The first thing to note is that our ZFS support with ZSys is still experimental. The installer highlights this in the corresponding screen., with open ZFS on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, we are building the first steps of getting the Ubuntu bulletproof desktop.
What is the latest version of OpenZFS for Ubuntu?
, with open ZFS on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, we are building the first steps of getting the Ubuntu bulletproof desktop. We hope to be able to drop this experimental support in the coming cycle, and backport to a 20.04.x release. We updated from 19.10 to 20.04 LTS Open. ZFS to its latest and greatest available release ( 0.8.3 ).