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RAIDZ Expansion in Practice: What It Solves and What It Doesn’t
October 14, 2026
RAIDZ Expansion in Practice: What It Solves and What It Doesn’t

RAIDZ expansion in OpenZFS 2.3 lets you add one disk at a time to an existing RAIDZ vdev without downtime. It increases capacity, [...]

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Biggest ZFS Misconfigurations and How to Fix Them: Part 2
October 7, 2026
Biggest ZFS Misconfigurations and How to Fix Them: Part 2

OpenZFS 2.3 introduced powerful new capabilities, including RAIDZ expansion, Fast Dedup, and Direct IO. But the wrong [...]

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FreeBSD Release Cycles and Enterprise Requirements: Why LTS Matters
September 30, 2026
FreeBSD Release Cycles and Enterprise Requirements: Why LTS Matters

FreeBSD’s release cadence works well for many environments, but enterprise systems and products often operate on much longer [...]

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Biggest ZFS Misconfigurations and How to Fix Them: Part 1
September 23, 2026
Biggest ZFS Misconfigurations and How to Fix Them: Part 1

ZFS configuration decisions can affect storage performance for years, and some cannot be changed without rebuilding the pool. [...]

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FreeBSD: The Hidden Cost of Upgrading in Production
September 16, 2026
FreeBSD: The Hidden Cost of Upgrading in Production

FreeBSD is free to license, but production upgrades carry operational costs. Learn how upgrade best practices can reduce those [...]

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ZFS
April 15, 2026
Compensating for RAM Constraints with L2ARC on ZFS

ZFS caching relies heavily on RAM, but when memory is limited, performance can suffer. L2ARC uses fast storage like SSDs [...]

ZFS
January 21, 2026
Klara’s Expert Perspective on OpenZFS in 2026 and What to Expect Next

How will OpenZFS evolve in 2026? Klara’s experts outline their predictions across hardware, system design, and [...]

ZFS
November 20, 2025
Is DWPD Still a Useful SSD Spec?

DWPD (Drive Writes Per Day) is an SSD endurance metric that estimates how many times a drive’s full capacity can be [...]

ZFS
October 1, 2025
ZFS Performance Tuning in the Real World: ARC, L2ARC, and SLOG

Careless tuning in production can hurt stability and performance. This article explores ARC, L2ARC, and SLOG — when to [...]

ZFS
September 17, 2025
Optimizing ZFS for High-Throughput Storage Workloads

ZFS is more than just reliable—it can be fast. This article breaks down how to optimize ZFS for high-throughput [...]

FreeBSD
March 19, 2025
Network Offload and Socket Splicing (SO_SPLICE) in FreeBSD

FreeBSD's SO_SPLICE enables kernel-level TCP proxying, reducing CPU overhead and eliminating unnecessary data copies. [...]

FreeBSD
March 5, 2025
Core Infrastructure: Why You Need to Control Your NTP

Keeping accurate time on your network isn’t just a convenience—it’s essential for security, performance, and [...]

ZFS
February 12, 2025
Isolating Containers with ZFS and Linux Namespaces

Containers provide an efficient way to isolate workloads, but managing storage and resource separation can be [...]

FreeBSD
January 29, 2025
Controlling Your Core Infrastructure: DNS

Take charge of your network's performance and privacy by setting up your own DNS server. Learn how DNS queries work, why [...]

FreeBSD ZFS
December 18, 2024
Winter 2024 Roundup: Storage and Network Diagnostics

Check out this season's investigation-themed collection of top diagnostics stories. From uncovering ZFS bugs to solving [...]

FreeBSD
June 20, 2023
FreeBSD – 3 Advantages to Running FreeBSD as Your Server Operating System

As the motto “The Power To Serve” indicates, FreeBSD is specifically designed to excel as a server operating system. [...]

ZFS
April 6, 2022
Building Your Own FreeBSD NAS Server with ZFS

Let’s talk about building your own NAS on FreeBSD. The first step – researching hardware. When it comes to [...]

ZFS
September 22, 2021
What Makes a Good Time to Use OpenZFS Slog and When Should You Avoid It

In this article, we’re talking about the OpenZFS SLOG. Find out, among others, about synchronous vs asynchronous [...]

ZFS
June 26, 2020
OpenZFS: All About the Cache Vdev or L2ARC

The cache vdev, better known as “L2ARC” is one of the well-known support vdev classes under OpenZFS. But did you [...]

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