Re: What is difference between zfs and ufs?

From: Edward Sanford Sutton, III <mirror176_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:46:29 UTC 
On 8/16/26 06:35, Marco Moock wrote:
> Am 16.08.26 um 15:34 schrieb kirolos gerges:
>> Use case is mostly using bhyve , i know zfs is betfer for my case but i
>> just curious to know differences between them
> 
> UFS is just a regular file system, ZFS provides snapshots, logical 
> volumes (datasets), RAID, encryption etc.

UFS also has snapshots, just much weaker by comparison. those others are 
handled outside of UFS with non-UFS tools as you mentioned.

> You can also just use ZFS without them, but can use them later if needed.
Some RAID configurations, like other ZFS settings, must be applied at 
creation time and are not a setting to turn on/off at a later time 
without redoing the pool.