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zfs on linux

If ZFS is eating your memory

Updated August 2026: ZFS ARC using “all the RAM” is still expected behaviour. Cap ARC with zfs_arc_max (module param or /etc/modprobe.d/), watch arc_summary, and size for your workload instead of fighting ZFS with random sysctl...

Native ZFS for Linux on OpenStack

Updated August 2026: OpenStack release names in this post are historical, but the ZFS-on-Linux operational notes (datasets, ARC pressure, virtio disks) still apply if you run ZoL under a hypervisor or cloud node today. Prefer...

Native ZFS for Linux on Proxmox

Native ZFS for Linux on Proxmox With ZFS on Proxmox you will realized a very huge disk speed advantage within your virtual machines. In this post I will explain you howto setup Native ZFS for...