FSx for OpenZFS

Overview

FSx for OpenZFS provides managed ZFS file storage with features like snapshots, compression, and replication.

Install OpenZFS CSI Driver

helm repo add aws-fsx-openzfs-csi-driver https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/aws-fsx-openzfs-csi-driver
helm repo update
 
helm install aws-fsx-openzfs-csi-driver aws-fsx-openzfs-csi-driver/aws-fsx-openzfs-csi-driver \
  --namespace kube-system

Create StorageClass

apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
kind: StorageClass
metadata:
  name: fsx-openzfs-sc
provisioner: openzfs.csi.aws.com
parameters:
  fileSystemId: fs-12345678
  dataSetName: /k8s-volume

Use in Pod

apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
  name: fsx-openzfs-claim
spec:
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteMany
  storageClassName: fsx-openzfs-sc
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 50Gi
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: app-with-zfs
spec:
  containers:
  - name: app
    image: nginx
    volumeMounts:
    - mountPath: /data
      name: zfs-volume
  volumes:
  - name: zfs-volume
    persistentVolumeClaim:
      claimName: fsx-openzfs-claim

Key Features

• Snapshots (point-in-time copies)
• Clones (copy-on-write)
• Compression
• Low latency

References

• FSx for OpenZFS CSI
• EKS Workshop - OpenZFS