ZFS for dummies

As mentioned on previous posts, I have spent the past few weeks dealing with a ZFS crash on my FreeNAS install. Because of that, not only was I forced to learn how to troubleshoot ZFS, but I also had to learn how to setup new volumes and come up with new backup strategies (between a few other things).

This was a great opportunity for me to learn more about ZFS (because I new nada' to start with). And I'm happy to share some of the knowledge that I gathered with you on this post.

Please keep in mind that I don't consider myself an expert on ZFS (not even close), but I will try to make things simple and easy to understand for someone, who like me, is just getting started with ZFS.

An excellent starting point for diving into ZFS.