ZFS License and Future

[Roland Smith]

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 data
> > can do without checksuming.
> 
> 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
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