From owner-svn-doc-projects@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 10 18:37:20 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3D57D8D; Sun, 10 Nov 2013 18:37:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bcr@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 90D4F2997; Sun, 10 Nov 2013 18:37:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id rAAIbKJn086324; Sun, 10 Nov 2013 18:37:20 GMT (envelope-from bcr@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from bcr@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.5/Submit) id rAAIbKd2086323; Sun, 10 Nov 2013 18:37:20 GMT (envelope-from bcr@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201311101837.rAAIbKd2086323@svn.freebsd.org> From: Benedict Reuschling Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 18:37:20 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r43152 - projects/zfsupdate-201307/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/zfs X-SVN-Group: doc-projects MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for doc projects trees List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 18:37:20 -0000 Author: bcr Date: Sun Nov 10 18:37:20 2013 New Revision: 43152 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43152 Log: Provide a big fat warning message for those people who think disabling checksums on a ZFS pool is a good idea. Modified: projects/zfsupdate-201307/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/zfs/chapter.xml Modified: projects/zfsupdate-201307/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/zfs/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- projects/zfsupdate-201307/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/zfs/chapter.xml Sun Nov 10 14:44:46 2013 (r43151) +++ projects/zfsupdate-201307/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/zfs/chapter.xml Sun Nov 10 18:37:20 2013 (r43152) @@ -459,12 +459,17 @@ errors: No known data errors &prompt.root; zfs set checksum=off storage/home - Doing so is not recommended. - Checksums take very little storage space and provide - data integrity. Checksum verification is - known as scrubbing. Verify the data - integrity of the storage pool, with this - command: + + Doing so is not recommended! + Checksums take very little storage space and provide data + integrity. Many ZFS features will not work properly with + checksums disabled. There is also no noticeable performance + gain from disabling these checksums. + + + Checksum verification is known as scrubbing. + Verify the data integrity of the storage + pool, with this command: &prompt.root; zpool scrub storage