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''We are in the process of preparing this website for its public debut, which will happen the week of September 16th. In the mean time, please refrain from publicizing it. We would greatly appreciate contributors; please create an account and send a note to matt@mahrens.org and we will give you editing privileges.''

= Welcome to OpenZFS =

OpenZFS is open-source storage software that encompasses the functionality of traditional filesystems, volume managers, and more.

The OpenZFS community brings together developers – from the illumos, FreeBSD, Linux, and OS X platforms – and a wide range of companies and organizations. Our work together will continue to make OpenZFS an outstanding storage platform with consistent reliability, functionality and performance across all distributions.

Goals
The main technical goal of the OpenZFS project is easier sharing of changes between platforms. Combined efforts include:
 * creating a platform-independent mailing list for ZFS developers to review ZFS code and architecture changes from all platforms
 * smoothing the illumos integration process
 * making it easy to run both ztest and the ZFS test suite (TestRunner or STF based) on every platform
 * reducing code differences between the platforms.

Pages
Key pages include:
 * Companies and organizations
 * Platforms and distributions
 * Platform code differences
 * Developer resources
 * Mailing list
 * illumos integration process
 * Contributors
 * Documentation
 * ZFS send
 * Features
 * Publications and conference talks
 * OpenZFS History
 * Projects
 * Reduce code differences
 * ZFS Channel Program
 * Events
 * Information about the OpenZFS website