> It's just not true that if ZFS metadata is corrupted, then the entire pool is gone. ZFS is a transactional file system, so the pool will be put in a faulted s

> It's just not true that if ZFS metadata is corrupted, then the entire pool is gone. ZFS is a transactional file system, so the pool will be put in a faulted state, and it gives you the option to roll back to before the faulty transaction. It is true because ZFS on Linux crashes very quickly when metadata is corrupt. It can't roll back transactions because it'll crash almost instantly even looking at your pool, not to mention when scrubbing it.