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From: Brett Wynkoop <wynkoop@wynn.com>
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On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:25:37 +0000
"Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> wrote:

> 	ZFS in 256MB (or 512MB if you have a later model B), isn't
> that pushing things just a little, given that 4GB is considered small
> memory for ZFS.
> 

Greeting-

There are many cases of x86 boxes running zfs with 512M and 768M of
memory.  It takes some tweaking, but it works after the correct
adjustments.  

I think a 512M Pi should be able to do zfs just fine.  

-Brett

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