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| -rw-r--r-- | cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zfs/zfs.8 | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zfs/zfs.8 b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zfs/zfs.8 index f7335f5..a937a2c 100644 --- a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zfs/zfs.8 +++ b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zfs/zfs.8 @@ -939,7 +939,23 @@ Disabling checksums is .Em NOT a recommended practice. .It Sy compression Ns = Ns Cm on | off | lzjb | gzip | gzip- Ns Ar N | Cm zle | Cm lz4 -Controls the compression algorithm used for this dataset. The +Controls the compression algorithm used for this dataset. +Setting compression to +.Cm on +indicates that the current default compression algorithm should be used. +The default balances compression and decompression speed, with compression +ratio and is expected to work well on a wide variety of workloads. +Unlike all other settings for this property, on does not select a fixed +compression type. +As new compression algorithms are added to ZFS and enabled on a pool, the +default compression algorithm may change. +The current default compression algorthm is either +.Cm lzjb +or, if the +.Sy lz4_compress +feature is enabled, +.Cm lz4 . +The .Cm lzjb compression algorithm is optimized for performance while providing decent data compression. Setting compression to |
