diff --git a/docs/local-zfs.rst b/docs/local-zfs.rst index 32af860f..4c4bd387 100644 --- a/docs/local-zfs.rst +++ b/docs/local-zfs.rst @@ -191,12 +191,12 @@ With `systemd-boot`: .. code-block:: console - # pve-efiboot-tool format - # pve-efiboot-tool init + # proxmox-boot-tool format + # proxmox-boot-tool init .. NOTE:: `ESP` stands for EFI System Partition, which is setup as partition #2 on - bootable disks setup by the {pve} installer since version 5.4. For details, see - xref:sysboot_systemd_boot_setup[Setting up a new partition for use as synced ESP]. + bootable disks setup by the `Proxmox Backup`_ installer. For details, see + :ref:`Setting up a new partition for use as synced ESP `. With `grub`: @@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ The above example limits the usage to 8 GiB ('8 * 2^30^'). configuration in `/etc/modprobe.d/zfs.conf`, with: .. code-block:: console + options zfs zfs_arc_min=8589934591 options zfs zfs_arc_max=8589934592 @@ -273,8 +274,7 @@ Swap on ZFS ^^^^^^^^^^^ Swap-space created on a zvol may cause some issues, such as blocking the -server or generating a high IO load, often seen when starting a Backup -to an external Storage. +server or generating a high IO load. We strongly recommend using enough memory, so that you normally do not run into low memory situations. Should you need or want to add swap, it is @@ -311,18 +311,20 @@ ZFS compression ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ To activate compression: + .. code-block:: console # zpool set compression=lz4 We recommend using the `lz4` algorithm, since it adds very little CPU overhead. -Other algorithms such as `lzjb` and `gzip-N` (where `N` is an integer from `1-9` +Other algorithms such as `lzjb`, `zstd` and `gzip-N` (where `N` is an integer from `1-9` representing the compression ratio, where 1 is fastest and 9 is best compression) are also available. Depending on the algorithm and how compressible the data is, having compression enabled can even increase I/O performance. You can disable compression at any time with: + .. code-block:: console # zfs set compression=off