Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:29:23 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: zfs and vfs.zfs.prefetch_disable="1" Message-ID: <fv41tg$ubl$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <48142ABE.4050107@psg.com> References: <48142ABE.4050107@psg.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] > i have in my incantations for zfs on i386 to stick the following in > /boot/loader.conf.local >=20 > vm.kmem_size=3D600M > vm.kmem_size_max=3D600M > zfs_load=3DYES > vfs.zfs.prefetch_disable=3D1 Cannot say for sure but AFAIK it was mentioned during the Great ZFS Flamewars as a possible way to reduce memory usage by ZFS, and also as a possible way of avoiding some deadlocks (possibly py Pawel). [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIFYrwldnAQVacBcgRAlpAAJ9ZaJRh9JzqoOxyM0tNoGQepimwhgCgjzy4 /7yuWLYVYnAUezVaMhEXzfs= =lUQJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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