---
title: "Optimizing Databases on Kubernetes Ep.3: Exploring Kubernetes Storage with OpenEBS and ZFS"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/optimizing-databases-on-kubernetes-ep-3-exploring-kubernetes-storage-with-openebs-and-zfs-g8g89ereq
source_url: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog/2024/12/optimizing-databases-on-kubernetes-ep3-exploring-kubernetes-storage-with-openebs-and-zfs.html
type: article
source: "Ardan Labs"
published: 2024-12-20T01:38:30.308Z
updated: 2024-12-20T01:38:42.757Z
tags: ["linux", "kubernetes", "backend", "storage"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 4
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Optimizing Databases on Kubernetes Ep.3: Exploring Kubernetes Storage with OpenEBS and ZFS

**[Ardan Labs](https://daily.dev/sources/ardlbs)** · 2 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Jérôme Petazzoni explores the use of ZFS, a versatile file system, with Kubernetes to optimize storage performance and reliability. The post covers automated ZFS setup with OpenEBS LocalPV, and benchmarks ZFS against other storage provisioners, highlighting ZFS's advanced features like compression, deduplication, and snapshots.

## Full article

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Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#storage](https://daily.dev/tags/storage)

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