ZFS: The Last Word in File Systems Part 1
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Jeff Bonwick and Bill Moore, the creators of ZFS, present 'ZFS: The Last Word in File Systems' at the 2008 SNIA Software Developers' Conference. They explain the design, including copy-on-write, checksumming and avoiding the write hole.
Why HN recommends it: HN recommends it as the definitive explanation of ZFS design straight from its inventors, with war stories about data integrity.
“I would recommend anybody interested in filesystems to watch Jeff Bonwick (ZFS inventor) explain the design of ZFS” Read on HN ↗