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Last Modified 2021-03-01 11:08 ESTBeginning with the release of FreeNAS 11.1, the algorithm used for scrubs and resilvers received many performance improvements, most noticeably on fragmented pools.
Some users might wish to revert to the old algorithm for scrub and resilver.
The legacy scrub algorithm can be enabled by setting this sysctl tunable in the Shell console:
sysctl -w vfs.zfs.zfs_scan_legacy=1
If a scrub is already in progress, it can be paused, the tunable set, and the scrub resumed with these commands:
zpool scrub -p poolname,sysctl -w vfs.zfs.zfs_scan_legacy=1, andzpool scrub poolname
In FreeNAS 11.1 and 11.1-U1, resilver and scrub delays were both set to 0. This can keep the system too busy to do other work when a scrub or resilver is active.
Two sysctl tunables (System > Tunables) affect scrub and resilver speed and system availability:
vfs.zfs.resilver_delay
vfs.zfs.scrub_delay
Setting the resilver delay to 2 and the scrub delay to 4 limits the IOPS used for these functions, providing some reserve for normal operations:
sysctl vfs.zfs.resilver_delay=2
sysctl vfs.zfs.scrub_delay=4
| Setting | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Enabled | checkbox | Set to run resilver tasks between the configured times. |
| Begin Time | drop-down | Choose the hour and minute when resilver tasks can be started. |
| End Time | drop-down | Choose the hour and minute when new resilver tasks can no longer be started. This does not affect active resilver tasks. |
| Days of the Week | checkboxes | Select the days to run resilver tasks. |
