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On 04/11/2014 14:55, Steven Hartland wrote:
> This is likely spikes in uma zones used by ARC.
> 
> The VM doesn't ever clean uma zones unless it hits a low memory condition, which
> explains why your little script helps.
> 
> Check the output of vmstat -z to confirm.

Steve,

this is nonsense :-)  You know perfectly well that UMA memory is Wired not Inactive.

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Andriy Gapon