Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 08:55:32 +0000 From: Darren Reed <darrenr@freebsd.org> To: Vince <jhary@unsane.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Craig Boston <craig@xfoil.gank.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@freebsd.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: ZFS committed to the FreeBSD base. Message-ID: <20070523085532.GA27542@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4652B15D.5060505@unsane.co.uk> References: <20070407191517.GN63916@garage.freebsd.pl> <20070407212413.GK8831@cicely12.cicely.de> <20070410003505.GA8189@nowhere> <20070410003837.GB8189@nowhere> <20070410011125.GB38535@xor.obsecurity.org> <20070410013034.GC8189@nowhere> <20070410014233.GD8189@nowhere> <4651BD6F.5050301@unsane.co.uk> <20070522083112.GA5136@hub.freebsd.org> <4652B15D.5060505@unsane.co.uk>
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On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 10:01:17AM +0100, Vince wrote: ... > I may reinstall at a later date as this is still very much a box to play > with, but I gather there is no great gain from going 64 bit other than > not having to play with PAE if you've got lots or RAM. It's not RAM that ZFS really likes but your KVA (Kernel Virtual Address) space. With a 32bit kernel you are more likely to experience problems with KVA shortage than you are RAM shortage when using ZFS. Darren
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