Jeff Bonwick
Jeff Bonwick | |
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 Jeff Bonwick in 2010 | |
| Occupation | Software engineer |
Jeff Bonwick invented and led development of the ZFS file system,[1] which was used in Oracle Corporation's ZFS storage products as well as startups including Nexenta, Delphix, Joyent, and Datto, Inc.[2][3] Bonwick is also the inventor of slab allocation,[4][5] which is used in many operating systems including MacOS and Linux, and the LZJB compression algorithm.
His roles included Sun Fellow,[6][7] Sun Storage CTO,[8] and Oracle vice president.[9]
History
[edit]In 2010 Bonwick co-founded a small company called DSSD with Mike Shapiro and Bill Moore, and became chief technical officer.[10] He co-invented DSSD's system hardware architecture and software. He developed DSSD's whole-system simulator, which enabled the team to explore possible hardware topologies and software algorithms.[11] DSSD was acquired by EMC Corporation in 2014,[12] which then became part of Dell Technologies in 2016. By the end of 2016, Bill Moore had left the company, while Bonwick remained as CTO.[13] The DSSD product, called D5, was cancelled in March 2017.[14]
LZJB
[edit]Bonwick invented LZJB, a lossless data compression algorithm to compress crash dumps and data in ZFS. The software is CDDL license licensed. It includes a number of improvements to the LZRW1 algorithm, a member of the Lempel–Ziv family of compression algorithms.[15] The name LZJB is derived from its parent algorithm and its creator — Lempel Ziv Jeff Bonwick.
Iodyne
[edit]After leaving DSSD, Bonwick co-founded the storage startup iodyne in 2018 with his longtime Sun Microsystems colleague Mike Shapiro, serving as co-president.[16] The company develops Thunderbolt-connected NVMe storage devices aimed at video, photo, and audio professionals launching its first product, Pro Data, in 2022. [17]
References
[edit]- ↑ Stanik, John (September–October 2007). "A Conversation with Jeff Bonwick and Bill Moore". ACM Queue. 5 (6). Association for Computing Machinery: 13–19. doi:10.1145/1317394.1317400.
- ↑ "The Birth of ZFS". OpenZFS. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Sun's ZFS Creator to Quit Oracle and Join Startup". eWeek. Retrieved September 29, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Bonwick, Jeff (June 14, 2005). "The story behind the slab allocator". Oracle. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
- ↑ http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/10-unsung-heroes-of-modern-technology-483430
- ↑ "Sun Storage Guru Bonwick Named 14th Sun Fellow". Oracle. Oracle Blog. Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ "Sun Engineer Jeff Bonwick is New Sun Fellow". Vol. 112, no. 4. System News, Inc. 26 June 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ Stammers, Tim. "Q&A: Jeff Bonwick, Sun's Storage CTO and Bill Moore, ZFS co-designer". Net.Work. TechNews. Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ "And now, page 2".
- ↑ Stacey Higginbotham (April 4, 2013). "Meet DSSD, Andy Bechtolsheim's secret chip startup for big data". Giga Om. Archived from the original on April 6, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- ↑ Harris, Robin. "What is DSSD Building?". StorageMojo. TechnoQWAN LLC. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ Sephen Lawson (May 5, 2014). "EMC acquires flash storage startup DSSD". Computer World. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- ↑ Chris Mellor (December 9, 2016). "DSSD President quits Dell EMC". The Register. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- ↑ Chris Mellor (March 2, 2017). "Dell kills off standalone DSSD D5, scatters remains into other gear: Blueprints and staff shifted to different projects after EMC spent '$1bn' on tech". The Register. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- ↑ Rathore, Y.; Ahirwar, M.; Pandey, R. (2013). "A Brief Study of Data Compression Algorithms". Journal of Computer Science IJCSIS. 11 (10): 90.
- ↑ "CineD Interview at NAB 2023 - Jeff Bonwick". CineD. 2023. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
- ↑ "iodyne Launches Pro Data With 12 NVMe SSDs, 8 Thunderbolt Ports for Professionals and Small Workgroups". Newswire.com. 2022. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
