Re: [zfs-discuss] Dedup - Does on imply sha256?

2010-08-29 Thread Brandon High
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Peter Taps ptr...@yahoo.com wrote: It appears it is better to use on instead of sha256. This way, you are letting zfs decide the best option. It's probably better to specify the hash type, actually. If on were to change in the future version, data written after

Re: [zfs-discuss] Dedup - Does on imply sha256?

2010-08-25 Thread Brandon High
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Peter Taps ptr...@yahoo.com wrote: Essentially, on is just a pseudonym for sha256 and verify is just a pseudonym for sha256,verify. Can someone please confirm if this is true? When dedup was initially announced, dedup=on was fletcher4. There was a problem

Re: [zfs-discuss] Dedup - Does on imply sha256?

2010-08-25 Thread Peter Taps
Thank you all for your help. It appears it is better to use on instead of sha256. This way, you are letting zfs decide the best option. Regards, Peter -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list

[zfs-discuss] Dedup - Does on imply sha256?

2010-08-24 Thread Peter Taps
Folks, One of the articles on the net says that the following two commands are exactly the same: # zfs set dedup=on tank # zfs set dedup=sha256 tank Essentially, on is just a pseudonym for sha256 and verify is just a pseudonym for sha256,verify. Can someone please confirm if this is true?

Re: [zfs-discuss] Dedup - Does on imply sha256?

2010-08-24 Thread Jeff Bonwick
Correct. Jeff On Aug 24, 2010, at 9:45 PM, Peter Taps wrote: Folks, One of the articles on the net says that the following two commands are exactly the same: # zfs set dedup=on tank # zfs set dedup=sha256 tank Essentially, on is just a pseudonym for sha256 and verify is just a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Dedup - Does on imply sha256?

2010-08-24 Thread Brad Stone
Correct, but presumably for a limited time only. I would think that over time as the technology improves that the default would change. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org