From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 27 05:58:39 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0678C106564A for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 05:58:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 796F88FC1A for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 05:58:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n4R5wW2v014590; Wed, 27 May 2009 06:58:33 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk n4R5wW2v014590 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=200708; t=1243403913; bh=vqxvnzWatrMdlijalTeooQu1Due/jHYQVyjH37zbdOA=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4A1CD688.4020604@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20W ed,=2027=20May=202009=2006:58:32=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|Organization:=20Infracaninophi le|User-Agent:=20Thunderbird=202.0.0.21=20(X11/20090420)|MIME-Vers ion:=201.0|To:=20Gary=20Gatten=20|CC:=20freeb sd-questions@freebsd.org|Subject:=20Re:=20FreeBSD=20&=20Software=2 0RAID|References:=20<4A1AA3DC.5020300@network-i.net>=09<2009052612 38.52979.kirk@strauser.com><70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793ED 91@WADPEXV0.waddell.com>=20<4A1C3725.8040509@infracaninophile.co.u k>=20<70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793ED94@WADPEXV0.waddell.co m>|In-Reply-To:=20<70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793ED94@WADPEX V0.waddell.com>|X-Enigmail-Version:=200.95.6|Content-Type:=20multi part/signed=3B=20micalg=3Dpgp-sha256=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"applic ation/pgp-signature"=3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------enigF2076F CEF20B8F548BB610DD"; b=aW7Su7Bj3zxDWIbnwlt1scJ7ClD5lxjktdHg+BBW4G0CdSsPDkVFi4Kus37fX263X S4FMVr6NqMWKnpTzNIo/skQkZPQ65g2TE5XGkZcyFudiiyd+0QQ4MGKF2M8PEIDAkB g1P5PXYj8RKD0zp62NC9SSZyDOmeii2btRYm71WY= X-Authentication-Warning: happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk: Host localhost [IPv6:::1] claimed to be happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Message-ID: <4A1CD688.4020604@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 06:58:32 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090420) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Gatten References: <4A1AA3DC.5020300@network-i.net> <200905261238.52979.kirk@strauser.com><70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793ED91@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> <4A1C3725.8040509@infracaninophile.co.uk> <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793ED94@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> In-Reply-To: <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793ED94@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigF2076FCEF20B8F548BB610DD" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.1 at happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VERIFIED,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Software RAID X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 05:58:39 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigF2076FCEF20B8F548BB610DD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gary Gatten wrote: > What about with PAE and/or other extension schemes? Doesn't help with the KVM requirement, and still only provides a 4GB addr= ess space for any single process. =20 > If it's just memory requirements, can I assume if I don't have a $hit > load of storage and billions of files it will work "ok" with 4GB of RAM= ? > I guess I'm just making sure there isn't some bug that only exists on > the i386 architecture? ZFS should work on i386. As far as I know there aren't any killer bugs t= hat are architecture specific, but I'm no expert. Unless your aim is to learn= about ZFS I personally wouldn't bother with it on an i386 system: you'll almost= certainly get a lot better performance and a lot less grief out of UFS un= der those conditions. 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