ZFS: The Last Word in File Systems Part 1

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as the definitive explanation of ZFS design straight from its inventors, with war stories about data integrity.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Deirdré Straughan

Topic

zfs file system design

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2016–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• I would recommend anybody interested in filesystems to watch Jeff Bonwick (ZFS inventor) explain the design of ZFS: [VIDEO] . They have a few very nice war stories explaining why they found it useful to have the user data checksummed as well.

• > Is ZFS any good? The presentation "ZFS: The Last Word in File Systems" from its debut in 2008 is a good introduction. Part 1 (of 3) probably best explains how different it is from just about anything else out there (even now, in 2019): …

• ZFS was an inspiration for TigerBeetle. I love this talk by Jeff Bonwick and Bill Moore: “ZFS: The Last Word in File Systems” [VIDEO]