MayaNAS Introduces Native ZFS Object Storage Integration at OpenZFS Developer Summit 2025
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Summary
MayaNAS presented at the OpenZFS Developer Summit 2025, showcasing objbacker.io—a native ZFS VDEV implementation for object storage that bypasses FUSE entirely. The technology enables direct kernel-to-SDK integration with cloud object storage services (S3, GCS, Azure Blob Storage), achieving 3.7 GB/s read throughput. The presentation focused on cloud-native storage approaches and the technical implementation of native object storage integration within ZFS.
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achieving 3.7 GB/s read throughput directly from S3, GCS, and Azure Blob Storage
The OpenZFS Developer Summit brings together the core developers and engineers who build and maintain ZFS across platforms
It was the ideal venue to present our approach to cloud-native storage
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