From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 6 21:38:38 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BEF2106564A for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 21:38:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E41A98FC08 for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 21:38:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.erewhon.net (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id oA6LcaZV057379 for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 22:38:36 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.erewhon.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 161C9BAA1; Sat, 6 Nov 2010 22:38:36 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 22:38:36 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20101106213836.GA77198@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <20101106203016.GB13095@guilt.hydra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="huq684BweRXVnRxX" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101106203016.GB13095@guilt.hydra> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Subject: Re: ZFS License and Future X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2010 21:38:38 -0000 --huq684BweRXVnRxX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 da= ta > > can do without checksuming. >=20 > 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 --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --huq684BweRXVnRxX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkzVytwACgkQEnfvsMMhpyXBwACdFovQsMFlKrzG49agCCW+KYTH gfcAoKWD+3MOESSUjwwKouYZnQDd4So9 =uqoN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --huq684BweRXVnRxX--