A somewhat timely article. While not Linux, the principles should be the same. As a warning, I have not tried this so I can’t state that it works exactly the same way. If you think this is a useful idea for you, experiment first. Maybe a VM first. FreeBSD+ZFS Without Drives https://savagedlight.me/2019/06/09/freebsd-zfs-without-drives/ <http://flip.it/XLPh4-> Cheers, Scott