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Subject: ZFS ARC max sort of not working?
From: Sean Bruno <sbruno@ignoranthack.me>
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It looks like the following no longer works on head?

vfs.zfs.arc_max="8G"

But this does?

vfs.zfs.arc_max="8589934592"

sean