What is this?
OpenZFS is an advanced file system and volume manager that started life on Solaris and is now maintained by the OpenZFS community. This repository contains the code for running it on Linux and FreeBSD.
OpenZFS is an advanced file system and volume manager that started life on Solaris and is now maintained by the OpenZFS community. This repository contains the code for running it on Linux and FreeBSD.Is it its own operating system, or something I install onto an existing one?Something you install: OpenZFS is not an OS, it's a file system and volume manager that runs on top of Linux or FreeBSD.
Something you install: OpenZFS is not an OS, it's a file system and volume manager that runs on top of Linux or FreeBSD.How do I get it installed?Follow the official Getting Started Page — it has full installation documentation for every supported operating system.
Follow the official Getting Started Page — it has full installation documentation for every supported operating system.Will it run on my Linux distro and kernel version?Very likely: all kernel.org longterm kernels are supported (6.18, 6.12, 6.6, 6.1, 5.15, 5.10), plus RHEL 8.10/9.7/10.1 with AlmaLinux and Rocky, Ubuntu LTS 26.04/24.04/22.04 and Debian 13/12/11.
Very likely: all kernel.org longterm kernels are supported (6.18, 6.12, 6.6, 6.1, 5.15, 5.10), plus RHEL 8.10/9.7/10.1 with AlmaLinux and Rocky, Ubuntu LTS 26.04/24.04/22.04 and Debian 13/12/11.My distro is not on that list — am I out of luck?Probably not: any distribution following an LTS kernel should generally work well, though development and testing are prioritized on the stable, supported ones.
Probably not: any distribution following an LTS kernel should generally work well, though development and testing are prioritized on the stable, supported ones.I mainly use macOS and Windows — will it work there?Not from this repo, which targets Linux and FreeBSD (FreeBSD 15.1 and 14.4 are supported). Ports for illumos, OSX and Windows exist as separate OpenZFS efforts listed on the OpenZFS site.
Not from this repo, which targets Linux and FreeBSD (FreeBSD 15.1 and 14.4 are supported). Ports for illumos, OSX and Windows exist as separate OpenZFS efforts listed on the OpenZFS site.Do non-LTS kernels get any support?Usually yes — stable kernels are typically supported in the next OpenZFS release; the guaranteed list is the kernel.org longterm kernels from 6.18 down to 5.10.
Usually yes — stable kernels are typically supported in the next OpenZFS release; the guaranteed list is the kernel.org longterm kernels from 6.18 down to 5.10.What are similar projects?linux, bcc, WSL2-Linux-Kernel, open-gpu-kernel-modules, linux, mu300-linux, duf, redox
linux, bcc, WSL2-Linux-Kernel, open-gpu-kernel-modules, linux, mu300-linux, duf, redoxWhich topics is it in?linux-kernel, driver, filesystem, freebsd, kernel, storage, github-actions, sysadmin, bsd, c, command-line-tool, cli
linux-kernel, driver, filesystem, freebsd, kernel, storage, github-actions, sysadmin, bsd, c, command-line-tool, cli