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The author shares their storage server build optimized for local AI inference, anticipating a rumored 26T-a3b model called "Le Chaton FAT" and using high-capacity NVMe drives with ZFS for model storage.
This article explains that ZFS scrub performance issues are symptoms of insufficient headroom in pool design, not a problem with the scrub itself, and advises proper sizing to avoid degradation.
A tutorial on building a minimal ZFS-based NAS on Debian Linux using OpenZFS and Samba, avoiding enterprise solutions like TrueNAS or Synology.
Ubiquiti launches ENAS, an enterprise NAS built on ZFS, offering high performance with Arm Neoverse N2 processors, up to 1 petabyte storage, license-free management via UniFi, and features like iSCSI support and centralized backup orchestration.
A technical guide on deliberately corrupting ZFS files using the 'zinject' tool or manual byte-level edits to understand ZFS's error handling and self-healing behavior.
A detailed guide on installing SmartOS on a datacenter machine without physical access or remote KVM, using VirtualBox to create a template ZPOOL image.
A review of the early version of Sylve, an open-source web-based administration tool for FreeBSD that simplifies managing jails, virtual machines, and ZFS datasets.
The article introduces Revaulter v2, a tool that enables unlocking encrypted ZFS volumes at boot using passkeys (WebAuthn), allowing remote approval via a mobile web interface without storing keys in plaintext.