Jeff Bonwick invented and led development of the

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file system, which was used in

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's ZFS storage products as well as startups including Nexenta, Delphix,

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, and Datto, Inc. Bonwick is also the inventor of

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, which is used in many operating systems including

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and

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, and the LZJB compression algorithm. His roles included Sun Fellow, Sun Storage CTO, and Oracle vice president.

History

In 2010 Bonwick co-founded a small company called DSSD with Mike Shapiro and Bill Moore, and became chief technical officer. 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. DSSD was acquired by

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in 2014, which then became part of

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in 2016. By the end of 2016, Bill Moore had left the company, while Bonwick remained as CTO. The DSSD product, called D5, was cancelled in March 2017.

References

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