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| -rw-r--r-- | man/man5/zpool-features.5 | 28 |
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diff --git a/man/man5/zpool-features.5 b/man/man5/zpool-features.5 index 3c1930c35..0ab179ef7 100644 --- a/man/man5/zpool-features.5 +++ b/man/man5/zpool-features.5 @@ -169,5 +169,33 @@ through the \fBfreeing\fR property. This feature is only \fBactive\fR while \fBfreeing\fR is non\-zero. .RE + +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB\fBempty_bpobj\fR\fR +.ad +.RS 4n +.TS +l l . +GUID com.delphix:empty_bpobj +READ\-ONLY COMPATIBLE yes +DEPENDENCIES none +.TE + +This feature increases the performance of creating and using a large +number of snapshots of a single filesystem or volume, and also reduces +the disk space required. + +When there are many snapshots, each snapshot uses many Block Pointer +Objects (bpobj's) to track blocks associated with that snapshot. +However, in common use cases, most of these bpobj's are empty. This +feature allows us to create each bpobj on-demand, thus eliminating the +empty bpobjs. + +This feature is \fBactive\fR while there are any filesystems, volumes, +or snapshots which were created after enabling this feature. +.RE + .SH "SEE ALSO" \fBzpool\fR(1M) |