ZFS License and Future

[krad]

On 6 November 2010 21:38, Roland Smith <rsmith at 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
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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?