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--- zfs:zvols [2021/10/13 00:05] – created peter
+++ zfs:zvols [2021/10/13 00:07] (current) – peter
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 ====== ZFS - zvols ======
-[[ZFS:zvols|zvols]]
+A zvol is roughly analogous to a dataset, except it does not actually have a filesystem in it.
-In addition to datasets, ZFS also supports **zvols**.
-  * A zvol is roughly analogous to a dataset, except it does not actually have a filesystem in it.
   * It is just a block device.
+  * Zvols do not have the recordsize property which datasets have.
+    * Instead, they have volblocksize, which is roughly equivalent.
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