ZFS is one of the technologies I have gotten to know a bit better recently (the other one being Nix, but more on that in another article). I would like to share what I learned, what got me interested and why I think ZFS is worth learning about. What is ZFS for? The glorious Arch Wiki has a great description of the benefits and technical parameters of ZFS. Here are a few key quotes: it is “an advanced filesystem” and “described as ‘The last word in filesystems’”.