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Apple & ZFS: Investigating SAN’s & Home Media Servers?

The big inference that people seem to be missing this morning comes from this quote:

“ZFS is not the default file system for Leopard. We are exploring it as a file system option for high-end storage systems with really large storage. As a result, we have included ZFS — a read-only copy of ZFS — in Leopard.” [from: InfoWeek]

So - Apple, the king of digital media, is experimenting with a new and exciting file system designed for large storage solutions. What could they be up to? How about a consumer home-media SAN that also can be talked to over the Internet? Something synchronizes/shares/connects your desktop, laptop, Apple TV, iPhone, and iPod and acts as a DVR, backup solution, and streaming media server.

It could be software running on any desktop Leopard machine. Or, it could be a hardware solution. Anyway - that’s my guess: ZFS is positioning Apple to release a stopgap SAN-for-homes that can handle media until broadband is truly ubiquitous and all of your media can be stored in the cloud.

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