Unlike a traditional file system, which resides on a single device and thus requires a volume manager to use more than one device, ZFS is built on top of virtual storage pools called zpools. A pool is ...

Expected to arrive several years ago in Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard," Sun's ZFS file system was early in the year announced for release in Snow Leopard Server. However, Apple this week pulled the plug on ...

I attended my first WWDC in 2006 to participate in Apple’s launch of its DTrace port to the next version of Mac OS X (Leopard). Apple completed all but the fiddliest finishing touches without help ...

Apple's efforts to support the development of ZFS, an advanced file system originally created by Sun, were officially terminated today in a notice posted by MacOS Forge. The tersely worded message ...

Each distro has its perks and quirks ...

Sun spilled the beans about ZFS and Apple's upcoming OS X update, but what is ZFS, and how integral is it to Leopard? Apple collects secrets like a pack rat collects shiny things. It’s part of the ...

Ubuntu 16.04’s support for the ZFS file system is one of many useful enterprise features on top of all the Linux desktop polish in the new OS. But Linux distributions have avoided shipping ZFS support ...

We've heard rumors for a while that Apple's forthcoming Leopard operating system will use the next-generation file system called ZFS. Now it seems to be official. As MacRumors.com notes, Sun ...

Editor’s Note: This story is reprinted from Computerworld. For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld’s Macintosh Knowledge Center. Apple collects secrets like a pack rat collects shiny things. It’s ...

Apple Inc. collects secrets like a pack rat collects shiny things. It’s part of the company’s culture. So when someone breaks the code of silence, it sets virtual seismographic needles scratching.