[pve-devel] applied: [PATCH docs 1/1] storage: lvm: expand on description of saferemove option

[Fabian Grünbichler]

On December 7, 2023 5:10 pm, Fiona Ebner wrote:
> mentioning why zeroing-out might be necessary.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner at proxmox.com>
> ---
>  pve-storage-lvm.adoc | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/pve-storage-lvm.adoc b/pve-storage-lvm.adoc
> index 917d8fb..cff5d3e 100644
> --- a/pve-storage-lvm.adoc
> +++ b/pve-storage-lvm.adoc
> @@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ on a remote iSCSI server.
>  `saferemove`::
>  
>  Zero-out data when removing LVs. When removing a volume, this makes
> -sure that all data gets erased.
> +sure that all data gets erased and cannot be accessed by other LVs
> +created later (which happen to be assigned the same physical extents).
> +This is a costly operation, but may be required as a security measure
> +in certain environments.
>  
>  `saferemove_throughput`::
>  
> -- 
> 2.39.2
> 
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