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On Fri, 29 May 2009, Kip Macy wrote:

> I'm fairly certain I know what the problem is. The (de)compress
> functions allocate their own memory completely independently of the
> arc limits. The allocations are blocking so the system will try to
> page in attempt to provide the requested memory.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Kip
Is there anything else I can supply?  Is the minute-by-minute
vmstat info useful?  Should I keep running it?

I'm willing to be a guinea pig for code changes.


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