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Features oh, so many features

  • Vdev types - RAIDZ1, RAIDZ2, RAIDZ3, n-way mirrors
  • Pluggable inline compression - LZ4, GZIP, more
  • Enterprise scalability features – ZFS Intent Log device, L2ARC device, multiple vdevs per pool, etc
  • Data deduplication (but this sucks)
  • Development underway on parity RAID, >2 dev mirrors
  • Per-file and per-folder feature granularity (compression, noCOW, etc)
  • On-the-fly reconfiguration of RAID levels, size, rebalancing. HUGELY popular for SOHO types