Earlier this week Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz said the Apple would adopt ZFS, Sun's open source file system. But Steve Jobs' didn't say anything about ZFS during his Worldwide Developers Conference ...
The saga of ZFS on Leopard has been ongoing for some time, and has thus far included rumors, a read-only ZFS implementation, and finally a read-write Developer Preview version of ZFS on OS X. The ...
For all you bleeding-edge OS X warriors Noel Dellofano, part of the ZFS development team at Apple, has posted ZFS binaries and source code on Mac OS Forge. ZFS looks to be the first 21st century file ...
Sun Microsystems' relatively new ZFS filesystem will see rudimentary support under the soon-to-be released Mac OS X Leopard, but will eventually play a much larger role in future versions of the Apple ...
Don’t hold your breath for the ZFS filesystem to appear in any future Snow Leopard updates. A message yesterday on the project’s homepage very clearly acknowledges that development has stopped ...
Apple's expanded support for ZFS will premiere in Snow Leopard Server before trickling down to the desktop version, according to sources familiar with the company's plans. Read-only support for the ...
Many bleeding-edge Mac geeks are mourning the death of the project to implement the ZFS filesystem on the Mac. The Apple-backed project to port ZFS to the Mac has been officially discontinued, ...
Sun spilled the beans about ZFS and Apple's upcoming OS X update, but what is ZFS, and how integral is it to Leopard? Apple collects secrets like a pack rat collects shiny things. It’s part of the ...
This might actually happen this time around. Licensing issues can be dealt with contracts and money, and even if that doesn’t work out Apple can fork the last free version of ZFS which was a very ...
Awhile ago, there were rumors of Leopard getting Sun’s clean-sheet designed file system from the future, ZFS. OS X server is getting it in Snow Leopard, according to Apple’s preview page. The consumer ...
The choice of file system matters quite a lot when it comes to storing data, especially when you're working with a lot of it. Your typical network-attached storage (NAS) may use EXT4 or BTRFS, and ...
Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, and other tech media. Asay has also held a variety of executive roles with leading mobile and big data software ...