> There are a couple of generations of filesystems in between FFS and ZFS. Quite true. I did not mean to imply ZFS was the immediate successor to FFS, but ins

> There are a couple of generations of filesystems in between FFS and ZFS. Quite true. I did not mean to imply ZFS was the immediate successor to FFS, but instead that it is a superior choice currently. > And for modern filesystems it's also worth looking at btrfs, Microsoft's Resilient File System, and Apple APFS. All good options and which to consider is applicable when running Linux, MS-Windows, and macOS respectively. If FreeBSD+ZFS is a possibility though... :-)