Checksum Verification Questions

[gj80]

I added a local DrivePool and attempted to create a cloud drive, but I noticed that "use checksum verification" is disabled.

 

I don't really need cloud storage, but I've been looking forward to some sort of checksum solution for use with DrivePool, which is why I was going to try it out. Is the feature disabled for local storage sources?

[Christopher (Drashna)]

I ... hadn't actually noticed that.

 

I've flagged this for Alex (the Developer), as I can definitely see having the checksum verification option would be nice for local storage.

https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/22859

 

Though, the reason it's disabled, I believe, is that it's not as important for local storage, as we do have a lot more control over what happens. 

[gj80]

Thanks. I bought another bundle, and cloud (great product idea) came along with StableBit and Drivepool in the bundle, so I thought I'd try it out. Not a big deal, but I've noticed unreported-by-disk bit flips corrected and reported in ZFS pools I manage, so checksumming always makes me feel better - though of course it's less important for my own personal stuff.

 

Thanks for following up on it.

[Christopher (Drashna)]

Sorry, I meant to follow this up. 

 

 

There was an architectural reason for this, but the new "chunking" system that we're implementing should allow for this, actually.  So in the next public beta/RC release, we should have support for this.