I honestly applaud the Zevo team (however many or few you may be) for continuing development of a much-needed solution that keeps my bits from rotting. Unfortunately, the Quickstart Guide appears to be a hastily-produced afterthought. The Zevo website pulls no punches that this is a CLI-driven release of the filesystem, and I'm fine with that! From a reading of these discussions, it appears I'm not the only one who was left scratching their head (or other body parts) after reading the Guide. I also get the feeling that many of us hoped for more real guidance than the scant 13 pages gave us.
As currently compiled, the Quickstart Guide could be the greatest roadblock to continuing acceptance in the Mac community and perception of Zevo as a real product. It would be an interesting analysis of the number of downloads (by "IP address" if possible) versus the number of unique "IP addresses" that check for updates versus the longevity of these "IP addresses" in their checking for updates. I loosely use "IP address" to mean some sort of unique identifier, not necessarily a meaningless NAT-neutered 192.168.1.13 or 10.0.0.5.
I understand that Zevo is currently a free community release of a commercial product and is not open source. I also understand this is a users' discussion board. I own a short-run publishing company specializing in high-quality, limited edition books and am also the author of thirteen books. Most of these have been how-to books on various topics including photography, photo retouching and computer safety. It's in this capacity that I'm currently posting.
In an attempt to improve a product I'm invested in (heck, you're holding my data which is more precious than my balls!), I'm willing to offer my technical writing, book design and publishing experience to the documentation end of the project. I'm a technical Mac user with far too many years experience with various Windows iterations, yet still new to ZFS and Zevo. I'm stumbling along with Zevo, and a strong Quickstart Guide might just make this journey a bit more enjoyable.
The Zevo Community Edition package may not be "suitable" for my mom or many of my septuagenarian clients, but I'd hate to see the current documentation stand in the way of this product becoming what is can and should be.