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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 18:24:17 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Big news for ZFS Linux and Unix users: The latest release, version 2.3.0, finally brings raidz expansion! No more storage headaches and you can easily add a new HDD. https://www.cyberciti.biz/linux-news/zfs-raidz-expansion-finally-here-in-version-2-3-0/

   #linux #freebsd #sysadmin

   • daru (darukutsu@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 18:31:02 JST daru

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     @nixCraft not only but also without downtime. Btrfs people been silent since this dropped

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 18:31:02 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     • daru

     @darukutsu that is true. i will never use btrfs. i trust zfs and it saved my ass many times xD.

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 19:52:30 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     • bojkotiMalbona

     @bojkotiMalbona this is openzfs that is open source and works with both linux and freebsd

   • bojkotiMalbona (bojkotimalbona@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 19:52:31 JST bojkotiMalbona

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     @nixCraft Can’t reach the exclusive Cloudflare site.

     But the news suprises me because I thought the ability to add a hard drive without downtime was an original promise of #ZFS 20 years ago.

     --But on Solaris. Is it that the linux version is finally catching up?