====== ZFS - Structure ======

ZFS merges the traditional volume management and filesystem layers.

  * It uses a copy-on-write transactional mechanism.
    * The system is very structurally different than conventional filesystems and RAID arrays.
  * The first set of major building blocks to understand are zpools, vdevs, and devices.

[[ZFS:Structure:zpool|zpool]]

[[ZFS:Structure:vdev|vdev]]

[[ZFS:Structure:device|device]]

[[ZFS:Structure:Datasets|Datasets]]

[[ZFS:Structure:Blocks|Blocks]]

[[ZFS:Structure:Sectors|Sectors]]

[[ZFS:Structure:Copy-on-Write semantics|Copy-on-Write semantics]]

[[ZFS:Structure:ZIL (ZFS Intent Log)|ZIL (ZFS Intent Log)]]

[[ZFS:Compression|Compression]]