raidz · shipping · also RAID-Z, RAIDZ1, RAIDZ2, RAIDZ3

RAIDZ

RAIDZ is ZFS's distributed-parity virtual-device layout with one, two or three parity fragments and block-dependent stripe widths.

RAIDZ1, RAIDZ2 and RAIDZ3 name parity levels within this layout, not separate storage media. Single, double and triple parity protect against corresponding member-device erasures within a group when the remaining required data and metadata are readable. [1] Do not infer a whole-pool failure probability or usable capacity from that count alone.

Relations

related
parity-raid, raid-5, raid-6, resilver, raidz-expansion

Citations

  1. OpenZFS zfs-2.3.0: zpoolconcepts(7), RAID-Z virtual devices (accessed 2026-10-16)
  2. Hesela: RAIDZ expansion and retained parity cost (accessed 2026-10-16)

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