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# ZFS {#sec-zfs-state}
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When using ZFS, `/etc/zfs/zpool.cache` should be persistent (or a symlink to a persistent
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location) as it is the default value for the `cachefile` [property](man:zpoolprops(7)).
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This cachefile is used on system startup to discover ZFS pools, so ZFS pools
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holding the `rootfs` and/or early-boot datasets such as `/nix` can be set to
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`cachefile=none`.
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In principle, if there are no other pools attached to the system, `zpool.cache`
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does not need to be persisted; it is however *strongly recommended* to persist
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it, in case additional pools are added later on, temporarily or permanently:
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While mishandling the cachefile does not lead to data loss by itself, it may
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cause zpools not to be imported during boot, and services may then write to a
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location where a dataset was expected to be mounted.
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