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Steps

  • Install zfs-release to attach ZFS repo for yum.
sudo yum install http://download.zfsonlinux.org/epel/zfs-release.el7_5.noarch.rpm

Be sure to match the version of Centos.

  • Choose between kABI and DKMS installation styles. kABI is preferable since it doesn't require to recompile. Edit /etc/yum.repos.d/zfs.repo to enable repository zfs-kmod and disable others.
  • Install ZFS with sudo yum install zfs.
  • Load modules on startup sudo sh -c 'echo zfs > /etc/modules-load.d/zfs.conf'.
  • Create pool with sudo zpool create mypool raidz sdb sdc. Here mypool is the name of the pool, raidz type of root vdev, sdb and sdc are device to add to pool. mypool will be mounted to /mypool. This can be configured with -m switch to zpool.
  • Alternatively, you can mount pre-existing pools with zpool import.
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