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FreeBSD and OpenZFS in the Quest for Technical Independence: A Storage Architect’s View​
March 25, 2026
FreeBSD and OpenZFS in the Quest for Technical Independence: A Storage Architect’s View​

Technical independence is a critical design principle for modern storage infrastructure. This article explores how FreeBSD and [...]

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Five‑Year Storage Design with OpenZFS: Media Refresh, Rebalancing, and Hardware Independence
March 18, 2026
Five‑Year Storage Design with OpenZFS: Media Refresh, Rebalancing, and Hardware Independence

Five-year storage design is where OpenZFS becomes a strategic control plane for cost, risk, and hardware independence. This [...]

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The Real Cost of Technology Dependence: Building Independence with Open-Source Storage
March 11, 2026
The Real Cost of Technology Dependence: Building Independence with Open-Source Storage

Technology dependence in storage is no longer just an operational concern — it is a strategic risk affecting cost control, [...]

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Designing OpenZFS Storage for Independence: Pool Architecture, Failure Domains, and Migration Paths​
March 4, 2026
Designing OpenZFS Storage for Independence: Pool Architecture, Failure Domains, and Migration Paths​

Designing OpenZFS storage independence requires more than open source software. Learn how pool architecture, failure domain [...]

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ZFS Fast Dedup for Proxmox VE 9.x: Technical Implementation Guide
February 25, 2026
ZFS Fast Dedup for Proxmox VE 9.x: Technical Implementation Guide

ZFS Fast Dedup in Proxmox VE 9.x, powered by OpenZFS 2.3, introduces a bounded and predictable deduplication model using DDT [...]

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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?

Once a trusted benchmark for SSD endurance, DWPD now shows its limits. This article breaks down how manufacturers define [...]

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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