What is Z File System ( ZFS) ?

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Z File File (ZFS) is an open-source logical volume manager and file system developed by Sun Microsystems , primarily for the Solaris operating system. It is now used in many operating systems, including FreeBSD , NetBSD , Mac OS X Server 10.5, and various Linux distributions via ZFS-FUSE .

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