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Date:      Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:14:01 -0500
From:      Jason Hellenthal <jhell@DataIX.net>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        fs@freebsd.org, Ronald Klop <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org>
Subject:   Re: ZFS for dummys.... suggestions?
Message-ID:  <20111121041401.GA7480@DataIX.net>
In-Reply-To: <4EC9AA88.90504@freebsd.org>
References:  <4EC0BB84.5080803@freebsd.org> <op.v49gucds8527sy@pinky> <4EC9AA88.90504@freebsd.org>

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On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 05:34:00PM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote:
> On 11/20/11 12:07 PM, Ronald Klop wrote:
> > On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:56:04 +0100, Julian Elischer 
> > <julian@freebsd.org> wrote:
> >
> >> The time has come for me to look at ZFS..
> >> Is there a reference that is recommended for a quick overview, that 
> >> doesn't get bogged down in
> >> the minute details, but gives a good overview?
> >>
> >> Preferably using short words, lots of pictures, and written in 
> >> large crayon.. :-)
> >>
> >
> > I don't know if you mean the usage of ZFS or the structure of the 
> > code, but the announcement of ZFS in FreeBSD is a nice overview 
> > about the usage of ZFS.
> >
> > ZFS - quick start.: 
> > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2007-April/070616.html
> >
> > Ronald.
> >
> >
> I'm more looking for a description of the way it works.. In UFS we'd 
> have "This is an inode"..  etc.
> 

Sounds like your looking for the On disk format possibly. I saved a copy of this in the downloads section of http://dataix.net which redirects to my googlecode site. You will find the ondiskformat file there in PDF form.



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