-# pool and path where to create block devices
+# zfs pool and file system (existing) where to create block devices
test -z "$EXTP_BLOCK" && EXTP_BLOCK=tmp500g/block
-# parameters for zfs create
+# parameters for zfs create, by default
+# -s sparse
+# -b 4k block size sutable for ext4 filesystem which ganeti uses
+# lz4 compression with low cpu operhead which always helps
test -z "$EXTP_VOL_PARAM" && EXTP_VOL_PARAM="-s -b 4k -o compression=lz4"