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--- docs_in_draft:zfs [2025/02/26 03:47] – [Installation] crashtest
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 ==== What is ZFS? ====
-ZFS (the Zettabyte File System) is an advanced "Copy on Write" file system with several desirable features.
+ZFS (the Zettabyte File System) is the oldest of the "Copy on Write" file system.  It has been under continuous development since it introduced, with Solaris, in 2001.
 The more important among ZFS' several features are as follows:
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   *     Pooled storage (Built in logical volume management)
   *     **Snapshots**  (Creates file, folder, filesystem and volume histories.)
-  *     Data **integrity verification** and **automatic repair**
+  *     Data **integrity verification** and, with zmirrors or with activation of the 2copies feature, **automatic repair**
   *     RAID-Z, Zmirror and other implementations of ZFS are the functional equivalents to legacy RAID, without legacy RAID drawbacks such as the "write hole" and silent data corruption.
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 ===== Prerequisites =====
   * [[https://wiki.omv-extras.org/doku.php?id=misc_docs:omv_extras|OMV-Extras]] must be pre-installed.
+  * [[https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html|PuTTY]] is an SSH client that will allow users to connect to their SBC, from a Windows client, and get on the command line.  PuTTY is installable on a Windows client.
 ===== Installation =====
-To get started with ZFS and to create an easy installation path to the most stable server possible, some preliminary settings and adjustments are recommended.
+To get started with ZFS and to create an easy installation path to the most stable server possible, some preliminary setup, settings and adjustments are recommended.
 ==== Disable Backports: ====