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On 2015-11-14 11:43, audio muze wrote:
> I can turn checksumming
> off given it's of no utility where a Btrfs volume is comprised of a
> single device only?

The checksums are used to detect a data corruption; in case of a btrfs-raid, the checksums are used *also* to pick the good copy.

BR
G.Baroncelli

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