It seem that Ubuntu 16.04 LTS supports the ZFS filesystem. But how do I use it? I'm sorry, I don't know very much about ZFS, but it sounds good. I want it.
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6If I may make a suggestion: practice with ZFS on a virtual machine or some other non-critical/disposable data machine. As you learn how it works, you're bound to blow away the raid data. I did this a handful of times with live data that is now forever gone– parsecpythonJun 27, 2016 at 13:30
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First off, use ZFS only if you really want it. See the Use Cases to know if you really need ZFS.
ZFS is supported only in 64-bit Ubuntu 16.04 installs. To install it run:
sudo apt-get install zfsutils-linux
To learn more, you can see the reference on Ubuntu or this excellent documentation.
A good introduction can also be found here
As root in an Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS this works:
apt update
apt install -y zfs
You are then done. You can check it is there by doing:
zfs list
you can then create a pool by doing:
zpool create -f zxavi /dev/sdb
or whatever disk you want to use; and after that:
zpool status
Boom, done!
Since I only have 1 reputation, I can neither upvote nor comment on Xavi's answer, which is the correct one. Things not to do include:
- Do not waste your time with
, all of that Wiki page is obsolete as far as Xenial is concerned;mountall
- Do not install a package named
, or use theubuntu-zfs
so-called "stable" ZFS PPA.
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@DomQ: would be nice if you could provide some explanation for your recommendation. Sep 14, 2017 at 15:59