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@@ -84,21 +84,29 @@ TIP: It is possible to use LVM on top of an iSCSI storage. That way
 you get a 'shared' LVM storage.
 
 Thin provisioning
------------------
-
-A number of storages, and the Qemu image format `qcow2`,  support _thin provisioning_.
-With thin provisioning activated, only the blocks that the guest system actually use will be 
-written to the storage.
-
-Say for instance you create a VM with a 32GB hard disk, and after installing the 
-guest system OS, the root filesystem of the VM contains 3 GB of data. 
-In that case only 3GB are written to the storage, even if the guest VM sees a 
-32GB hard drive. In this way thin provisioning allows you to create disk images 
-which are larger than the currently available storage blocks. You can create 
-large disk images for your VMs, and when the need arises, add more disks to your 
-storage without resizing the VMs filesystems.
-
-All storage types which have the 'Snapshots' feature also support thin provisioning.
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+A number of storages, and the Qemu image format `qcow2`, support _thin
+provisioning_.  With thin provisioning activated, only the blocks that
+the guest system actually use will be written to the storage.
+
+Say for instance you create a VM with a 32GB hard disk, and after
+installing the guest system OS, the root filesystem of the VM contains
+3 GB of data.  In that case only 3GB are written to the storage, even
+if the guest VM sees a 32GB hard drive. In this way thin provisioning
+allows you to create disk images which are larger than the currently
+available storage blocks. You can create large disk images for your
+VMs, and when the need arises, add more disks to your storage without
+resizing the VMs filesystems.
+
+All storage types which have the 'Snapshots' feature also support thin
+provisioning.
+
+CAUTION: If a storage runs full, all guests using volumes on that
+storage receives IO error. This can cause file system inconsistencies
+and may corrupt your data. So it is advisable to avoid
+over-provisioning of your storage resources, or carefully observe
+free space to avoid such conditions.
 
 Storage Configuration
 ---------------------
@@ -126,24 +134,33 @@ Each storage pool has a `<type>`, and is uniquely identified by its `<STORAGE_ID
 	...
 ----
 
-NOTE: There is one special local storage pool named `local`. It refers to
-the directory '/var/lib/vz' and is automatically generated at installation
-time.
-
 The `<type>: <STORAGE_ID>` line starts the pool definition, which is then
 followed by a list of properties. Most properties have values, but some of
 them come with reasonable default. In that case you can omit the value.
 
+To be more specific, take a look at the default storage configuration
+after installation. It contains one special local storage pool named
+`local`, which refers to the directory '/var/lib/vz' and is always
+available. The {pve} installer creates additional storage entries
+depending on the storage type chosen at installation time.
+
 .Default storage configuration ('/etc/pve/storage.cfg')
 ----
 dir: local
 	path /var/lib/vz
 	content iso,vztmpl,backup
 
+# default image store on LVM based installation
 lvmthin: local-lvm
 	thinpool data
 	vgname pve
 	content rootdir,images
+
+# default image store on ZFS based installation
+zfspool: local-zfs
+	pool rpool/data
+	sparse
+	content images,rootdir
 ----
 
 Common Storage Properties
@@ -330,23 +347,23 @@ ifdef::wiki[]
 See Also
 --------
 
-* link:/index.php/Storage:_Directory[Storage: Directory]
+* link:/wiki/Storage:_Directory[Storage: Directory]
 
-* link:/index.php/Storage:_GlusterFS[Storage: GlusterFS]
+* link:/wiki/Storage:_GlusterFS[Storage: GlusterFS]
 
-* link:/index.php/Storage:_User_Mode_iSCSI[Storage: User Mode iSCSI]
+* link:/wiki/Storage:_User_Mode_iSCSI[Storage: User Mode iSCSI]
 
-* link:/index.php/Storage:_iSCSI[Storage: iSCSI]
+* link:/wiki/Storage:_iSCSI[Storage: iSCSI]
 
-* link:/index.php/Storage:_LVM[Storage: LVM]
+* link:/wiki/Storage:_LVM[Storage: LVM]
 
-* link:/index.php/Storage:_LVM_Thin[Storage: LVM Thin]
+* link:/wiki/Storage:_LVM_Thin[Storage: LVM Thin]
 
-* link:/index.php/Storage:_NFS[Storage: NFS]
+* link:/wiki/Storage:_NFS[Storage: NFS]
 
-* link:/index.php/Storage:_RBD[Storage: RBD]
+* link:/wiki/Storage:_RBD[Storage: RBD]
 
-* link:/index.php/Storage:_ZFS[Storage: ZFS]
+* link:/wiki/Storage:_ZFS[Storage: ZFS]
 
 
 endif::wiki[]