On Feb 5, 2010, at 3:11 AM, grarpamp wrote: > Are the sha256/fletcher[x]/etc checksums sent to the receiver along > with the other data/metadata?
No. Checksums are made on the records, and there could be a different record size for the sending and receiving file systems. The stream itself is checksummed with fletcher4. > And checked upon receipt of course. Of course. > Do they chain all the way back to the uberblock or to some calculated > transfer specific checksum value? I suppose one could say a calculated transfer fletcher4 checksum value. > The idea is to carry through the integrity checks wherever possible. > Whether done as close as within the same zpool, or miles away. yes. -- richard _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
