OpenZFS User and Developer Summit 2026

The fourteenth annual OpenZFS Developer Summit and third OpenZFS User Summit is taking place in Portland, Oregon, USA October 27th through 30th, 2026.

The OpenZFS User and Developer Summit is an opportunity for individual and corporate users and developers of OpenZFS to meet face-to-face and discuss and share our work and ideas.

Draft Summit Schedule

Tuesday, October 27th: User Summit Day 1

TimeSessionPresenter
9 AM - 9:30 AMBreakfast
9:30 AM - 9:50 AMWelcome
10 AM - 10:50 AMIntroductions and Interests
11 AM - 11:50 AMStrategies to Combat Scarcity
12 PM - 1 PMLunch and Group Photo
1 PM - 1:50 PMDPU-Accelerated StorageEva Winterschön, Yukon Systems
2 PM - 2:50 PMUser-Space OpenZFS Use Cases</td>
3 PM - 3:50 PMSession Incubating
4 PM - 6:20 PMProject Direction and Goals
6:30 PM - 9 PMOn-site Dinner and Socializing

Wednesday, October 28th: User Summit Day 2

TimeSessionPresenter
9 AM - 9:50 AMBreakfast
10 AM - 10:50 AMHybrid Pool Tiering with Special VDEVsDon Brady, VDURA
11 AM - 11:50 AMSpecial VDEV Experiences and Requests
12 PM - 1 PMLunch and Group Photo
1 PM - 1:50 PMSession Incubating
2 PM - 2:50 PMSession Incubating
3 PM - 3:50 PM
4:30 PM - 5:30 PMDeveloper Welcome and Knowledge Transfer
5:30 PM - 9:00 PMLeftovers or Off-Site Dinner with new and old friends

Thursday, October 29th: Developer Summit

9 AM - 9:30 AMBreakfast
9:30 AM - 10:00 AMWelcomeBrian Behlendorf, LLNL
10 AM - 10:50 AMAI-assisted development of OpenZFSAlek Pinchuk, ConnectWise
11 AM - 11:50 AMUserspace ZFSAllan Jude, Klara
12 PM - 12:50 PMLunch and Group Photo
1 PM - 1:50 PMOpenZFS EverywhereRichard Yao
2 PM - 2:50 PMLayered Durability at Scale: Ceph over ZFSSteven Umbehocker, OSNexus
3:00 PM - 3:50 PMThe scenic route to Userspace ZFSRob Norris, TrueNAS
4:00 PM - 4:50 PMWhy (and how) you should care about Host Managed SMR drivesJorge Campello De Souza
5:00 PM - 5:50 PMNative SMR Support in OpenZFSDon Brady, VDURA
6:00 PM - 9 PMOn-site Dinner and Socializing

Friday, October 30th: Developer Hackathon

TimeSession
9 AM - 9:50 AM Breakfast and Socializing
10 AM - 12 PMHackathon Morning Session
12 PM - 1 PMLunch and Socializing
1 PM - 4 PMHackathon
4 PM - 5 PMHackathon Voting and Awards
5 PM - 7 PMLeftovers or Off-Site Dinner with new and old friends

Sponsors

This event is only possible because of the generous efforts and contributions of our community of developers and companies. You can help make this event a success with a financial donation, a travel grant, in-kind donations such as food and beverages, and ZFS-related hardware loans.

Please email Michael Dexter <editor@callfortesting.org> for details.

OpenZFS is a member project of Software in the Public Interest, a 501(c)(3) public-benefit non-profit organization, making your sponsorship tax-deductible. Individual and one-time sponsors are invited to donate via PayPal.

Diamond Sponsor

Perforce Delphix

Gold Sponsor

AWS

Silver Sponsor

TrueNAS

Bronze Sponsors

Bacula DigitalGlue Klara OSNexus Prominic VDURA

Venue

The 2026 OpenZFS User and Developer Summit will take place at 5500 SW Dosch Road, Portland, Oregon, in the Hillsdale neighborhood. The venue has ample parking and is served by the 54 TriMet bus route. Social events will take place at and near the venue. Portland International Airport (PDX) serves over 75 destinations and Portland is served by Amtrak and various busses.

The MAX light rail Red line provides easy transportation from the airport to downtown, and we suggest any downtown hotel that fits your budget and to take the bus or Lyft/Uber to the venue.

Economy hotel with good public transit: University Place Hotel & Conference Center, 310 SW Lincoln St
TriMet: 20 Minutes to the Venue, 8 Minutes by car

Midrange hotel with good public transit: Hilton Portland Downtown, 921 SW 6th Ave
TriMet: 22 - 32 Minutes to the Venue, 11 Minutes by car

Midrange hotel with good public transit: The Porter Portland, Curio Collection by Hilton, 1355 SW 2nd Ave
TriMet: 25 - 30 Minutes to the Venue, 9 Minutes by car

Midrange hotel with good public transit: Hyatt House Portland/Downtown, 2080 S River Dr
TriMet: 20 - 30 Minutes to the Venue, 10 Minutes by car

Code of Conduct

The OpenZFS community values respectful, welcoming behavior towards everyone. This enables our members to thrive and contribute, and encourages new participants to join our event. The OpenZFS Code of Conduct applies to attendees, speakers, sponsors, vendors, and staff of this event, and will be enforced by staff members throughout the event.

OpenZFS supports the Diversity Charter, and strives to improve the diversity of speakers and attendees at this event.

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