[havernator]

I guess it just seems like there’s a lot more state than with file systems I’m used to dealing with. In fact, since journaling became normal, most just have two states (from the user’s perspective) whether powered on or off, mounted or unmounted, whatever—broken, or OK.

ZFS has... a lot more. It’s just very different and the way these states fit together, and worrying about how to operate on them safely, makes me more nervous, in many ways, than less-safe file systems do. I’m sure that will pass, but it’s still not fun.

[magicalhippo]

Yeah since it replaces "the whole stack" it's daunting and a lot of terms to, well, come to terms with.

For me I found it beneficial to watch the videos on how ZFS is built up, like this one[1]. Helped putting the pieces together.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsY-BafQgj4