diff --git a/ZFS-on-Linux-Module-Parameters.md b/ZFS-on-Linux-Module-Parameters.md index 61faf71..0d0b0d0 100644 --- a/ZFS-on-Linux-Module-Parameters.md +++ b/ZFS-on-Linux-Module-Parameters.md @@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ Disables writing prefetched, but unused, buffers to cache devices. | l2arc_noprefetch | Notes |---|--- | Tags | [ARC](#arc), [L2ARC](#l2arc), [prefetch](#prefetch) -| When to change | Setting to 0 can increase L2ARC hit rates for workloads where the ARC is too small for a read workload that benefits from prefetching. +| When to change | Setting to 0 can increase L2ARC hit rates for workloads where the ARC is too small for a read workload that benefits from prefetching. Also, if the main pool devices are very slow, setting to 0 can improve some workloads such as backups. | Data Type | boolean | Range | 0=write prefetched but unused buffers to cache devices, 1=do not write prefetched but unused buffers to cache devices | Default | 1