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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