diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/dfuse/caching_check.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/dfuse/caching_check.yaml
index 71e453114d4..c97d6bdecac 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/dfuse/caching_check.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/dfuse/caching_check.yaml
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ server_config:
 
 pool:
   size: 50%
+  properties: rd_fac:0,space_rb:0
 
 container:
   type: POSIX
+  properties: cksum:off,srv_cksum:off
 
 ior:
   client_processes:
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/dfuse/ioctl_pool_handles.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/dfuse/ioctl_pool_handles.yaml
index b2770bea93a..5bd6e79b16a 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/dfuse/ioctl_pool_handles.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/dfuse/ioctl_pool_handles.yaml
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ server_config:
 
 pool:
   size: 10GB
+  properties: rd_fac:0,space_rb:0
 
 container:
   type: POSIX
+  properties: cksum:off,srv_cksum:off
 
 ior_write:
   api: POSIX
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/dfuse/posix_stat.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/dfuse/posix_stat.yaml
index 3f0f4880200..2b44e972912 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/dfuse/posix_stat.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/dfuse/posix_stat.yaml
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ server_config:
 
 pool:
   scm_size: 1G
+  properties: rd_fac:0,space_rb:0
 
 container:
   type: POSIX
+  properties: cksum:off,srv_cksum:off
 
 block_sizes: [1M, 10M, 100M, 500M]