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Date:      Tue, 11 May 2010 01:01:19 +0200
From:      Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
To:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: vm.kmem_size and ZFS on 9-CURRENT
Message-ID:  <20100510230119.GA97909@centre.keltia.net>
In-Reply-To: <201005101909.41614.bruce@cran.org.uk>
References:  <201005101909.41614.bruce@cran.org.uk>

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According to Bruce Cran:
> ZFS on my desktop running 9-CURRENT amd64 with 6GB RAM. In the process of=
=20
> copying data off /var to convert it too, I got the "kmem_map too small" p=
anic,=20
> which led me to the thread at http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-
> current/2010-April/016984.html which appears to conclude that the default=
s=20
> even on -CURRENT aren't suitable and that vm.kmem_size needs tuned to be=
=20
> 2xRAM.

I'm currently using kmem_size =7F=3D"6G" on a 6GB machine and have got no
panic at all.=7F (using the full zfs option though).

--=20
Ollivier ROBERT -=3D- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=3D- roberto@keltia.fre=
enix.fr
In memoriam to Ondine : http://ondine.keltia.net/



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