On 6 November 2010 21:38, Roland Smith <rsm...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 02:30:16PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > Having said all that it really depends on whether you need the extra > > > features of zfs. Personally I cant see how anyone with any important > data > > > can do without checksuming. > > > > I guess that depends on what you're doing with the data and what kind of > > external tools you have in place to protect/duplicate it in case of a > > problem. > > The GEOM_ELI class provides optional authentication/checksumming. See > geli(8), > especially the -a option. > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith > http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/<http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Ersmith/> > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) >
im not sure on whether that you be a viable replacement, as it has to be a fairly good checksum to avoid clashes, whilst also being quick so it doesnt adversly affect disk performance. Also what does it do if it detects the checksum doesnt match etc? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
