ZFS receive checks the stream to ensure correctness. The stream can be easily corrupted, due to even a single error, if ZFS send is used without ZFS receive. T

ZFS receive checks the stream to ensure correctness. The stream can be easily corrupted, due to even a single error, if ZFS send is used without ZFS receive. The error occurs in transit or on client side, not necessarily on remote. Also managing a chain of incrementals can get unwieldy. Ask r/zfs.