ZFS for OS X

ZFS for OS X has had a long, and mostly made up history. Rumors that Apple was going to make ZFS the default file system for Leopard were incorrect, but they did make our lives a little more interesting, right? For those of you who aren't in the file system know, ZFS is a next generation open source file system developed by Sun (remember when they claimed to be the dot in the dotcom? Ah, memories.). Geeks much smarter than you or I are very exicted about the flexible way that ZFS treats storage, and the clever tricks that it does to ensure data integrity.

Now all that fun can be on your Mac, thanks to the ZFS project on Mac OS Forge (that's the open source repository for OS X that Apple hosts). ZFS binaries and source code are available for you should you want to tinker with it. There are some issues with it, like you can't empty the Trash using the graphical interface, and if you remove a USB drive that is part of a ZFS pool before running a command it'll kernel panic your machine. This stuff isn't for the faint of heart, but for those uber-geeks out there this is a must download.

[via Daring Fireball]