From f4605f07a2901566c9d4ae84e7c17e3ba827ce8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Laager Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:03:26 -0500 Subject: Document the zle compression algorithm Signed-off-by: Richard Laager Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf --- man/man8/zfs.8 | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'man') diff --git a/man/man8/zfs.8 b/man/man8/zfs.8 index 26dc6cadc..d2372695d 100644 --- a/man/man8/zfs.8 +++ b/man/man8/zfs.8 @@ -660,11 +660,15 @@ Changing this property affects only newly-written data. .ne 2 .mk .na -\fB\fBcompression\fR=\fBon\fR | \fBoff\fR | \fBlzjb\fR | \fBgzip\fR | \fBgzip-\fR\fIN\fR\fR +\fBcompression\fR=\fBon\fR | \fBoff\fR | \fBlzjb\fR | \fBgzip\fR | \fBgzip-\fR\fIN\fR | \fBzle\fR .ad .sp .6 .RS 4n -Controls the compression algorithm used for this dataset. The \fBlzjb\fR compression algorithm is optimized for performance while providing decent data compression. Setting compression to \fBon\fR uses the \fBlzjb\fR compression algorithm. The \fBgzip\fR compression algorithm uses the same compression as the \fBgzip\fR(1) command. You can specify the \fBgzip\fR level by using the value \fBgzip-\fR\fIN\fR where \fIN\fR is an integer from 1 (fastest) to 9 (best compression ratio). Currently, \fBgzip\fR is equivalent to \fBgzip-6\fR (which is also the default for \fBgzip\fR(1)). +Controls the compression algorithm used for this dataset. The \fBlzjb\fR compression algorithm is optimized for performance while providing decent data compression. Setting compression to \fBon\fR uses the \fBlzjb\fR compression algorithm. +.sp +The \fBgzip\fR compression algorithm uses the same compression as the \fBgzip\fR(1) command. You can specify the \fBgzip\fR level by using the value \fBgzip-\fR\fIN\fR where \fIN\fR is an integer from 1 (fastest) to 9 (best compression ratio). Currently, \fBgzip\fR is equivalent to \fBgzip-6\fR (which is also the default for \fBgzip\fR(1)). +.sp +The \fBzle\fR (zero-length encoding) compression algorithm is a fast and simple algorithm to eliminate runs of zeroes. .sp This property can also be referred to by its shortened column name \fBcompress\fR. Changing this property affects only newly-written data. .RE -- cgit v1.2.3