On your quest for data integrity using OpenZFS is unavoidable. In fact, it would be quite unfortunate if you are using anything but ZFS for storing your valuable data. However, a lot of people are reluctant to try it out. Reason being that an enterprise-grade filesystem with a wide range of features built into it, ZFS must be difficult to use and administer. Nothing can be further from truth. Using ZFS is as easy as it gets. With a handful of terminologies, and even fewer commands you are ready to use ZFS anywhere – From the enterprise to your home/office NAS.

In the words of the creators of ZFS: “We want to make adding storage to your system as easy as adding new RAM sticks.”