Snap ZFS Blog

Here is a collection of articles we have published about ZFS.
Swap usage on TrueNAS Core

Swap usage on TrueNAS Core

Note:  This article is relevant for all versions of TrueNAS and FreeNAS from their initial release of 8.0 back in 2011, but some things like top output will not give you the ARC size output on older versions.  ARC wasn't added to the "top" output until the last 5...

Why you should wait to update ZFS feature flags

Why you should wait to update ZFS feature flags

To understand why ZFS has feature flags, its important to understand a little history of ZFS. ZFS was first conceived by Sun Microsystems, with the primary goal of addressing the storage challenges of the time. It was officially unveiled in 2004 as part of Sun's...

Your TrueNAS vendor may be hurting your business

Your TrueNAS vendor may be hurting your business

Welcome to my blog. Hopefully as time goes on I can provide lots of great advice for TrueNAS users everywhere. Most will gear towards TrueNAS business cases, but many will also gear towards TrueNAS home users as well. Over the years, I've seen so many people and...