UPDATE: This is not the actual feature request, since there is now a dedicated category for feature requests. Vote for the feature request here . An underutilized, yet very powerful ZFS feature is the pool “checkpoint”. This is only accessible via the command-line. The “checkpoint” would be more …

I bet less savvy users would confuse it with snapshots and wondr why they have no more space left on their pool.

Tooltips and documentation should clear that up! * For those who actually read such things.

Would perhaps be good as part of a core → scale migration….

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I never really knew anything about checkpoints or even heard of them until recently. After being intrigued enough and reading what a checkpoint is, how a checkpoint can save you from self inflicted catastrophe, I think this is a good topic and suggestion to revisit. I think it is an excellent idea …

[image] PhilD13: If there was more education about what a checkpoint is, awareness of when it should be used, I wrote up this guide for command-line users [1] , but other than education, I agree that it should be consolidated in the GUI as a first-class feature. [image] PhilD13: an easy wa…

I kept hearing mention in the forum about this thing called checkpoint and looked up some info on the forum and an article from Serapheim Dimitropoulos. I read your guide and feature request and personally I think it is a very good tool to have. Though one thing I don’t find reference to is how much…

[image] PhilD13: On a system in use with 32TB of data, 80TB total space system It was taking awhile so I stopped the process. That’s interesting. Every time I created one, it happened instantly. Sure, my main pool is only consuming 5 TiB, but creating a checkpoint happens as fast as creating…

[image] winnielinnie: I wrote up this guide for command-line users [1] , but other than education, I agree that it should be consolidated in the GUI as a first-class feature. Checkpoints should be a feature that every user should consider using before engaging in a major NAS change/upgrade, be …

[image] winnielinnie: That’s interesting. Every time I created one, it happened instantly. With how much pool activity going on?

Manage and view pool "checkpoints" in the GUI

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Manage and view pool "checkpoints" in the GUI

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