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OpenZFS 2.3-rc1 Delivers RAIDZ Expansion, Fast Dedup & Direct IO


OpenZFS 2.3-rc1 is now available for testing as the next major feature release to this open-source ZFS file-system implementation for Linux and FreeBSD systems.

OpenZFS 2.3-rc1 is now available for testing as the next major feature release to this open-source ZFS file-system implementation for Linux and FreeBSD systems. OpenZFS 2.3 is shaping up to be another significant step forward for this popular out-of-tree route for ZFS on Linux systems. OpenZFS 2.3 also introduces Direct IO as a means to bypass the ARC for reads/writes for enhancing performance with NVMe storage devices and other scenarios where bypassing the cache increases efficiency.

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