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> Sun released the Z File System (ZFS) code under the Common Development and Distribution License, version 1 (CDDLv1) as part of OpenSolaris

ZFS isn't an acronym. It used to stand for Zettabyte File System (not Z File System as the article states), but like BP (formally British Petroleum), ZFS is no longer an acronym.

I wouldn't normally nitpick over something like this but that statement was the first sentence under the heading "The Basic Facts" and they didn't even get it's former name right.



It still stands for Zettabyte File System. That has never changed.


According to Jeff Bonwick, one of ZFS's lead developers, it did change. He discussed this point in detail (https://blogs.oracle.com/bonwick/en_US/entry/you_say_zeta_i_...), however I'll just quote the last couple of paragraphs for brevity:

"But zettabyte wasn't perfect, actually. We (we were a team by now) found that when you call it the zettabyte filesystem, you have to explain what a zettabyte is, and by then the elevator has reached the top floor and all people know is that you're doing large capacity. Which is true, but it's not the main point.

"So we finally decided to unpimp the name back to ZFS, which doesn't stand for anything. It's just a pseudo-acronym that vaguely suggests a way to store files that gets you a lot of points in Scrabble."


I stand corrected.




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