Want to save disk space and streamline log management on your FreeBSD system? Our latest post shows you how to use ZFS’s built-in compression for system logs—no more manual unzipping or redundant compression!

• Enable ZFS compression for /var/log
• Adjust newsyslog settings for seamless integration
• Use smarter log rotation naming
• Measure your space savings (up to 40x!)

Bonus: We’ve included an Ansible playbook to automate it all!
👉 Read the full guide freebsdfoundation.org/blog/zfs

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