# Announcing XRAID: declustered parity RAID for zoned XFS

Source: [LWN.net](https://lwn.net/Articles/1107473/) · 2026-11-13 · Cloud & DevOps
Page: https://themorning.dev/story/announcing-xraid-declustered-parity-raid-for-zoned-xfs-82f234810f72b42d
Kind: release · Impact: medium

## In brief

- Christoph Hellwig announced the initial public release of XRAID, a declustered parity RAID implementation integrated into XFS.
- XRAID's two stated aims are supporting parity RAID on zoned devices such as SMR hard drives and providing a fast RAID implementation.
- XRAID is focused on RAID for zoned XFS deployments.

## Why it matters

Developers running XFS on zoned devices such as SMR hard drives gain a native parity RAID option, which previously was not available in this form.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-13: Christoph Hellwig announced the initial public release of XRAID

## Coverage

- [Announcing XRAID: declustered parity RAID for zoned XFS](https://lwn.net/Articles/1107473/) — LWN.net, 2026-11-13
- [XRAID Publicly Released As New RAID Implementation For XFS](https://www.phoronix.com/news/XRAID-XFS-RAID) — Phoronix, 2026-11-13

Tags: xfs, raid, linux, storage, filesystems

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