Lisa Shepherd wrote:
> "Zettabyte File System" is the formal, expanded name of the file system and 
> "ZFS" is its abbreviation. In most Sun manuals, the name is expanded at first 
> use and the abbreviation used the rest of the time. Though I was surprised to 
> find that the Solaris ZFS System Administration Guide, which I would consider 
> the main source of ZFS information, doesn't seem to have "Zettabyte" anywhere 
> in it. Anyway, both names are official and correct, but since "Zettabyte" is 
> such a mouthful, "ZFS" is what gets used most of the time.

How current is that?   I thought that while "Zettabyte File System"
was the original name, use of it was dropped a couple years ago and
ZFS became the only name.   I don't see "Zettabyte" appearing anywhere
in the ZFS community pages.

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        -Alan Coopersmith-           [EMAIL PROTECTED]
         Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering

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