ZFS Storage

This section covers ZFS setup and management for the MS-S1 MAX.

Overview

ZFS provides:

• Copy-on-write filesystem
• Built-in compression
• Snapshots and clones
• Data integrity verification

Why ZFS?

• Snapshots - Point-in-time recovery without backup restore
• Compression - Save space transparently with lz4
• Datasets - Separate policies per data type
• Simplicity - One tool for volumes and filesystems

Sections

• Concepts - ZFS fundamentals
• Partitioning - Disk preparation for ZFS
• Pool Creation - Create the tank pool
• Datasets - Dataset hierarchy and properties
• Snapshots - Snapshot policies and management
• VM Storage - Zvols and libvirt integration
• Docker Integration - Container storage options