ZFS file system coming to Snow Leopard server edition

It’s been almost exactly a year since we heard any chatter over Apple’s adoption of the supposedly rock solid 128-bit ZFS file system, but it appears to be heading into the next version of the company’s OS… at least for servers. According to the promo page for Snow Leopard for OS X servers, the redundant, error correcting, dynamic volume expanding format will be available when the new system drops, though there’s no mention of whether it will make its way onto the standard version of the software. With data handling that’s this tight, our only question is why wouldn’t it make the cut?

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Apple previews OS X Snow Leopard: scheduled to ship “in about a year”

The next iteration of OS X was mentioned early on during today’s WWDC 2008 keynote, but little was said afterwards. Thankfully, Apple hasn’t left us completely out to dry, as a recent release gives a few clues as to what Snow Leopard has in store. First and foremost, the OS isn’t expected to ship until about this time next year, and just as predicted, it will be more evolutionary than revolutionary. Specifically, it will “enhance the performance of OS X and set a new standard for quality… rather than focusing primarily on new features.” Still, we do know that it’ll play nice with Microsoft Exchange 2007 from the get-go, provide “unrivaled support for multi-core processors” with a new technology dubbed Grand Central, extend support “for modern hardware with Open Computing Language (OpenCL),” and raise the software limit on system memory up to a theoretical 16TB of RAM. Heck, you’ll even find QuickTime X in there. Yeah, we love those new features, but we can honestly say we’re looking forward to a nice round of polishing.

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Next version of OS X will be called Snow Leopard

You heard right — the next iteration of Apple’s OS X operating system will indeed be dubbed Snow Leopard. As we’d heard just days ago, the next major installment of OS X will be getting all dressed in powder, and we’ll be seeing a sneak peek of what’s to come right here at WWDC.

Update: Apple has revealed initial details — check it out here!
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