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ZFS is a file system and volume manager that provides large storage capacity, data integrity, and snapshots. It began as part of Solaris in 2001. ZFS allows pool capacities up to 256 zettabytes, uses snapshots for backups and cloning, has lightweight filesystem creation, supports encryption, software RAID, and integrated volume management. Potential drawbacks include inability to mirror a single volume across pools.

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ZFS

ZFS is a file system and volume manager that provides large storage capacity, data integrity, and snapshots. It began as part of Solaris in 2001. ZFS allows pool capacities up to 256 zettabytes, uses snapshots for backups and cloning, has lightweight filesystem creation, supports encryption, software RAID, and integrated volume management. Potential drawbacks include inability to mirror a single volume across pools.

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ZFS

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ZFS (previously: Zettabyte File System) is a file system with volume management
capabilities. It began as part of the Sun Microsystems Solaris operating system in
2001.

Q. What is ZFS ?
Ans. ZFS (Zettabyte file system) is introduced in solaris 10 release to develop
this file system cum volume manager, sun micro-system had spend lot of years, it is
collection of filesystem and volume manager. Hardware and software requirement.

Q. Benefits of ZFS ?
1> Zpool capacity is 256 zettabytes.
2> ZFS snapshots, clones and sending recieveing snapshots.
3> Lightweight filesystem creation.
4> Encryption.
5> software RAID.
6> Data integrity.
7> Integrated vlume management.

Q. Drawback of ZFS ?
Ans. We can't mirror a particular volume in a particular pool.

Q. Packages of ZFS ?
1> SUNWzfsv
2> zfsR (zfs root component)
3> zfskR (Kernal root component)
4> zfsgr (Graphical interface administration)
5> zfsgur (Graphicqal user interface)

Hardware and Software Requirement:


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* Any sparc or x86 system.


* Disk should be formatted in EFI layout.
* Minimum 768 MB of RAM 1GB is recommended. (prtconf -vp | grep -i mem)
* Minimum Solaris 10.

Managing Storage Pools:


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* Components of a zfs storage pool.


* Replication features of a zfs storage pool.
* Creating and destroying zfs storage pool.
* Managing devices in ZFS storage devices.
* Managing ZFS storage pool properties.
* Quering ZFS storage pool status.
* Migrating ZFS storage Pools.

Components of a ZFS storage pool:


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Storage pool can be created by combining any one of the following types of devices.

* Using Disks.
* Using slices.
* using files.
Replication features of a ZFS storage pool:
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ZFS provides data redundancy as well as self healing properties in the following
two configurations.

* Mirrored storage pool method.


* Raid-z storage method.
* Self-healing data in a redundent configuration.
* Dynamic stripping in a mirroring pool.

Health status of ZFS storage pool.


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* Online
* Degraded
* Faulted
* Offline
* Unavailable
* Removed

# zpool status poolname


# zpool status -x poolname
# zpool status -xv poolname

Online --> The device is online or functioning.

Degraded --> One or more top level devices is in the degraded state because the
have becone offline sufficient replicas exixts to keep functionaing.

Faulted --> One or more top level devices is in the degraded state because the have
becone offline insufficient replicas exixts to keep functionaing.

Offline --> The device was explicity taken offline by the 'zpool offline' command.

Unavailable --> The device could not be opened.

Removed --> The device was physically removed while the system was running.

Q. What is RAID 1/2/3 ?


Ans. Non-standard distributed parity based software raid levels.

Raid/Raid 1 --> Minimum of 3 devices (One parity disk) you can suffer a one disk
loss.

Raidz 2 --> Minimum of 4 devices (two parity disks) you can suffer a two disks
loss.

Raidz 3 --> Minimum of 5 devices (three parity disks) you can suffer a three disks
loss.

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