OpenZFS 2.3 Is Out With Linux 6.12 Support, Raidz Expansion, Fast Dedup, And More
9to5linux, Monday, January 13th, 2025
OpenZFS 2.3 has been released today as the latest version of this open-source advanced file system and volume manager for Linux and FreeBSD systems introducing support for the latest kernels and new features.
Supporting kernels from Linux 4.18 up to the latest Linux 6.12 LTS, OpenZFS 2.3 introduces many great enhancements like support for adding new devices to an existing RAIDZ pool to increase the storage capacity without downtime.
This release also introduces a major performance upgrade to the original OpenZFS deduplication functionality, support for file and directory names up to 1023 characters, support for cross-compiling kernel modules, as well as support for CentOS Stream 10 and FreeBSD 14.2 operating systems.