From 8f401621504f120f15fa6bcd899477d871bb6fa7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fiona Ebner Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2023 17:10:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] storage: lvm: expand on description of saferemove option mentioning why zeroing-out might be necessary. Signed-off-by: Fiona Ebner --- 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`:: -- 2.39.5