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+# Necessary system state {#ch-system-state}
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+Normally — on systems with a persistent `rootfs` — system services can persist state to
+the filesystem without administrator intervention.
+
+However, it is possible and not-uncommon to create [impermanent systems], whose
+`rootfs` is either a `tmpfs` or reset during boot. While NixOS itself supports
+this kind of configuration, special care needs to be taken.
+
+[impermanent systems]: https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Impermanence
+
+
+```{=include=} sections
+nixos-state.section.md
+systemd-state.section.md
+zfs-state.section.md
+```