I attended my first WWDC in 2006 to participate in Apple’s launch of its DTrace port to the next version of Mac OS X (Leopard). Apple completed all but the fiddliest finishing touches without help ...

In the realm of modern data management, few technologies hold as much promise and versatility as the ZFS file system. Originally developed by Sun Microsystems for their Solaris operating system, ZFS ...

The choice of file system matters quite a lot when it comes to storing data, especially when you're working with a lot of it. Your typical network-attached storage (NAS) may use EXT4 or BTRFS, and ...

I recently came across a post on OSNews about an Apple Development manager expressing interest in porting Solaris's ZFS file system to OS X: Chris Emura, the Filesystem Development Manager within ...

It may have been a premeditated outburst or a sudden slip-of-the-lip, but either way Sun Microsystems chief executive Jonathan Schwartz is claiming that Apple next week will announce a plan to replace ...

Apple Inc.’s upcoming Leopard will support the open-source Zettabyte File System (ZFS), the company confirmed today — a move that could embroil it in a patent-infringement lawsuit between Sun ...