[OpenIndiana-discuss] Switching from lzjb to lz4 compression

[Saso Kiselkov]

On 26/06/2013 21:01, Gary Gendel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Can I switch from one algorithm to another on the fly?  I assume that
> only newly written data will be affected, but can the system deal with a
> mixed compression pool?

See http://wiki.illumos.org/display/illumos/LZ4+Compression "How To Use
It" and "LZ4 On Root Pools" sections - that should explain what is
needed and what the implications are.

Cheers,
-- 
Saso