The recording of the March 18th, 2026 #OpenZFS Production User Call is up:

https://youtu.be/gIjqS_36j3c

We discussed debz, a ZFS-based system deployment and orchestration platform, #CachyOS, ZFSBootMenu, recovering a single file from a ZVOL, and more! (Pardon the poor quality audio while I was on the road. It got better!)

"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."

You can support all Call For Testing efforts via BSD Fund: https://bsdfund.org

#OpenZFS no longer warns you when you create a pool with mismatched VDEVs, e.g.:

# zpool create daft raidz s2d0-WD-08NRX3 s2d1-NCC-1701D s2d2-TOSH-9268 s2d3-SEA-4N0M7 mirror s2d4-SAN-XL905 s2d5-GOOG-4C02

Once upon a time, you needed to use -f to force this. I wonder why this is allowed? Seems unnecessarily risky. Once upon a time, such pools were full-on unrepairable.

The recording of the March 11th, 2026 #OpenZFS Production User Call is up:

https://youtu.be/DirKkjgtg4s

We discussed the bale snapshot viewer, Linux kernel compatibility documentation, upcoming mount point improvements, OpenZFS hardware acceleration, and more!

"Don't forget to slam those Like and Subscribe buttons."

You can support all Call For Testing efforts via BSD Fund: https://bsdfund.org

Part 2 of the FreeBSD Foundationals series is out! "ZFS - The Last Filesystem You'll Ever Need."

We go from the philosophy of silent data corruption to practical, battle-tested data management. Covers pools, datasets, why you shouldn't blindly add L2ARC, native encryption, and using sanoid/syncoid to turn backups into a solved problem.

If you've ever lost data and decided "never again," this is for you.  

https://blog.hofstede.it/freebsd-foundationals-zfs-the-last-filesystem-youll-ever-need/

#FreeBSD #ZFS #SysAdmin #OpenZFS #Unix

🪤 TrueNAS Deprecates Public Build Repository and Raises Transparency Concerns

｢ Public build systems allow community members to inspect and reproduce the steps used to generate official releases. When those pipelines run behind internal infrastructure, it becomes harder for external contributors to verify that the released binaries match the public source code exactly ｣
https://linuxiac.com/truenas-moves-build-system-internal/

#truenas #openzfs #debian #selfhosting #opensource

FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE is out — the fifth release on the 14-STABLE branch.

Highlights:
- OpenSSH 10.0p2 — post-quantum key exchange by default, DSA dropped, sshd-auth split out
- OpenSSL 3.0.16
- OpenZFS 2.2.9
- New sndctl(8) utility for sound devices
- Two jail escape vulnerabilities patched
- Raspberry Pi Zero 2W now supported

Full breakdown: https://www.opensourcefeed.org/freebsd-14-4-released/

#FreeBSD #BSD #OpenSource #FOSS #SysAdmin #OpenZFS

#OpenZFS now has much more detailed information about which varieties of Linux are supported.

tl;dr: all kernel.org "longterm" series, all RHEL active & maintenance series (including clones), and Ubuntu LTS.

(No actual change in practice, just trying to write it down a bit more clearly).

https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/?tab=readme-ov-file#supported-kernels-and-distributions

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Althaser/115674242119863157

call for testing

Sylve - FreeBSD management plane

At <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1rpzri3/call_for_testing_sylve_freebsd_management_plane/>, @hayzam wrote:

＂We just pushed a big update to Sylve and are doing our first call for testing.

Sylve is an open-source control panel for FreeBSD virtualization and storage, designed to manage bhyve VMs, FreeBSD jails, and ZFS from a modern web UI. Development is currently funded by the FreeBSD Foundation. …＂

Docs: https://sylve.io/

@FreeBSDFoundation

#FreeBSD #sylve #OpenZFS #ZFS #bhyve #CFT

TuM'Fatig - Slackware on encrypted ZFS root

https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/slackware-on-encrypted-zfs-root/

#ZFS #OpenZFS #Slackware #Linux