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Another way to look at it is checksumming is something that should be done at a generic lower level block layer, not the filesystem layer. Do it in CoreStorage
by mahyarm 10y ago
Another way to look at it is checksumming is something that should be done at a generic lower level block layer, not the filesystem layer.
Do it in CoreStorage, not filesystem X.
- wmf 10y agoOne of the key innovations in ZFS is storing checksums in block pointers which is something that cannot be done efficiently outside the file system. Storing checksums elsewhere is far more complex and expensive.