From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 21 05:00:45 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A69C8106566B; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:00:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhellenthal@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DE0D8FC13; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:00:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwg14 with SMTP id 14so9081900wwg.31 for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:00:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=OMk+2CNyvznnLz3WvgIdA/5O46EVgD4IBSbAFCC9Rxw=; b=MJEryyAFDg2Mw6Fe+Und3mJlE7j4BWsBEGTcBKijLS+RN276WJJNYWnePdLoyqF4T+ yW71oOU5DRZvCCAp90uivf8+j+oQsypppXNKIgn1+Il6ToA45qwhcqgrqsWbJrTwszc8 99r4inZeniEqkaKYFxX2DBpu6xHqv057BZaBo= Received: by 10.216.132.14 with SMTP id n14mr2155817wei.28.1321850126787; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:35:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from DataIX.net (ppp-21.215.dialinfree.com. [209.172.21.215]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id hq5sm4559107wib.7.2011.11.20.20.35.21 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:35:25 -0800 (PST) Sender: Jason Hellenthal Received: from DataIX.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by DataIX.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pAL4Z8Uu010794 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:35:08 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhell@DataIX.net) Received: (from jhell@localhost) by DataIX.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id pAL4E1uA009789; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:14:01 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhell@DataIX.net) Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:14:01 -0500 From: Jason Hellenthal To: Julian Elischer Message-ID: <20111121041401.GA7480@DataIX.net> References: <4EC0BB84.5080803@freebsd.org> <4EC9AA88.90504@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4EC9AA88.90504@freebsd.org> Cc: fs@freebsd.org, Ronald Klop Subject: Re: ZFS for dummys.... suggestions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:00:45 -0000 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 > > 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.