how does geli interact with ZFS?

[Maciej Suszko]

Michal <ml at infosec.pl> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using root ZFS on geli encrypted partition (with /boot on UFS usb 
> dongle). Does adding this extra layer between ZFS and disk can get me 
> into troubles in case of a system crash?
> I mean, does it affects zfs's robustness and features like 
> Copy-On-Write, checksumming or anything else? Or it can only get as
> bad as with plain ZFS and geom_eli has nothing to do with that.

I use ZFS on top of geli encrypted slice for at least a year and never
had problems related to such setup. In my case it's not root
partition (however / is ZFS as well), it's my laptop, so I can't tell
you how does it behave during long uptimes.
-- 
regards, Maciej Suszko.
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