A conversation with the inventors of Sun’s ZFS

September 5, 2007 By

Smart dudes. 45 minutes. Talking about Sun Microsystems’ ZFS. File storage system that’s used on a ton of datacenter computers and is rumored to be used in a future version of OSX.

You know, I hope you are enjoying these conversations as much as I do. Getting to talk with some of the industry’s smartest people just is such a privilege. I pinch myself every day.

What do we discuss here? Storage trends, stories about how ZFS came about, data center trends they are seeing, and a lot more.

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  • http://gwhiz.wordpress.com/ gwhiz

    Watching now. Please tell me Apple, Leopard and ZFS collide in here somewhere… You DID ask… right?

  • http://gwhiz.wordpress.com/ gwhiz

    Watching now. Please tell me Apple, Leopard and ZFS collide in here somewhere… You DID ask… right?

  • vruz

    is something wrong with my setup or this video can’t be detached from the webpage ?

  • vruz

    is something wrong with my setup or this video can’t be detached from the webpage ?

  • http://www.eyejot.com/ David Geller

    Network Appliance (netapp) isn’t too fond of Sun’s ZFS initiatives.

  • http://www.eyejot.com David Geller

    Network Appliance (netapp) isn’t too fond of Sun’s ZFS initiatives.

  • brad

    Please learn to use your equipment properly. The audio levels are horrific.

  • brad

    Please learn to use your equipment properly. The audio levels are horrific.

  • http://www.jabsystems.co.uk/ Jonathan

    Do you have any plans to provide transcripts for any of these? Or if you do already, publicise the link a bit more.

    I have not been able to follow any of these conversations you’ve posted up since probably the start. It’s lessened the value of your work a great deal.

  • http://www.jabsystems.co.uk Jonathan

    Do you have any plans to provide transcripts for any of these? Or if you do already, publicise the link a bit more.

    I have not been able to follow any of these conversations you’ve posted up since probably the start. It’s lessened the value of your work a great deal.

  • Carlos

    Very interesting. Enjoyed the discussion very much.
    Congrats on the good show.

  • Carlos

    Very interesting. Enjoyed the discussion very much.
    Congrats on the good show.

  • http://lifedownloaded.blogspot.com/ David Morris

    This was a really interesting video.

    Due to the recent OOXML news I’ve got more and more interested in file formats, so the way those files are stored seems like a natural extension for me.

    I’m not saying I’d ever work on developing filesystems, but the information in this video was enlightening. I barely knew anything about ZFS before I saw this.

  • http://lifedownloaded.blogspot.com David Morris

    This was a really interesting video.

    Due to the recent OOXML news I’ve got more and more interested in file formats, so the way those files are stored seems like a natural extension for me.

    I’m not saying I’d ever work on developing filesystems, but the information in this video was enlightening. I barely knew anything about ZFS before I saw this.

  • http://mugennokensei.wordpres.com/ Arimas Artadi

    Can you share a downloadable version of this video.
    I can’t play streaming video well.

  • http://mugennokensei.wordpres.com Arimas Artadi

    Can you share a downloadable version of this video.
    I can’t play streaming video well.

  • http://lifedownloaded.blogspot.com/ David Morris

    @Arimas Artadi – go to Robert’s page at podtech.net and you’ll find a downloadable version.

  • http://lifedownloaded.blogspot.com David Morris

    @Arimas Artadi – go to Robert’s page at podtech.net and you’ll find a downloadable version.

  • Guzzard

    Funny thing, my Relatives are being laid off by Sun. They were asked to train their replacements somewhere in South America. Fuck Sun, they SUCK!

  • Guzzard

    Funny thing, my Relatives are being laid off by Sun. They were asked to train their replacements somewhere in South America. Fuck Sun, they SUCK!

  • http://www.takemetojapan.com/ Craig

    I enjoy your video conversations too Robert, keep em coming.

  • http://www.takemetojapan.com Craig

    I enjoy your video conversations too Robert, keep em coming.

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  • http://pmcg.comeuppance.org/ Paul

    Very good interview. I suggest that you include the interviewees names in the web site too (even though the onscreen credits were well timed). This would make it easier to re-reference after one viewing and even to search. You had good questions that were clearly worthy of their very smart subjects.

  • http://pmcg.comeuppance.org Paul

    Very good interview. I suggest that you include the interviewees names in the web site too (even though the onscreen credits were well timed). This would make it easier to re-reference after one viewing and even to search. You had good questions that were clearly worthy of their very smart subjects.

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