On Aug 7, 2008, at 10:25 PM, Anton B. Rang wrote: >> How would you describe the difference between the file system >> checking utility and zpool scrub? Is zpool scrub lacking in its >> verification of the data? > > To answer the second question first, yes, zpool scrub is lacking, at > least to the best of my knowledge (I haven't looked at the ZFS > source in a few months). It does not verify that any internal data > structures are correct; rather, it simply verifies that data and > metadata blocks match their checksums.
Hey Anton, What do you mean by "internal data structures"? Are you referring to things like space maps, props, history obj, etc. (basically anything other than user data and the indirect blocks that point to user data)? eric _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
