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Date:      Sat, 1 Aug 2015 09:06:18 -0700
From:      Artem Belevich <art@freebsd.org>
To:        Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD FS <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ZFS: Disabling ARC?
Message-ID:  <CAFqOu6jVbzwFi7ZN%2BfaeAWqa2DrzM8a5hkk0v_E-h7KAFZVnvQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <55BCE1C3.50307@sneakertech.com>
References:  <55BC14B7.9010009@sneakertech.com> <20150801133635.00002ecc@Leidinger.net> <55BCE1C3.50307@sneakertech.com>

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On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 8:12 AM, Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> wrote:

> You can tune how the ARC is used:
>>
>
> I know *how* to tune it, what I don't know is *when*. Basically, under
> what sorts of use cases would I want to mess with it, and why? Given my
> contrived media server example, would adjusting the ARC for those datasets
> make a noticeable difference either way?


Measure it. Find something that matters to you and see whether particular
ARC parameters make any difference in *your* workload.

--Artem



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