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How to Run ZFS on VMware vSphere: Setup Guide and Best Practices

Posted On December 18, 2024October 1, 2025 By James

Table of Contents Copy on Write Disk ID’s Trim I have run a number of systems utilising ZFS since the earliest days of my homelab using Nexenta all the way back in 2010. The image below is my lab at the time with an IBM Head unit that I think Continue Reading

Category: Homelab/Storage

Homelab Storage Refresh (Part 1)

Posted On May 23, 2023October 1, 2025 By James
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Table of Contents Background ZFS Overview Read Cache (ARC and L2ARC) ZIL (ZFS Intent Log) Hardware Background I have just completed the move of all my production and media-based storage/services to TrueNAS Scale. ( I will just refer to this as TrueNAS) This is based on my HP Z840 and Continue Reading