From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 6 00:20:25 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2B4C16A46D for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 00:20:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-current@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 725AE13C468 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 00:20:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-current@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HvjG2-0008Lt-AP for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:20:14 +0200 Received: from 89-172-57-47.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([89.172.57.47]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:20:14 +0200 Received: from ivoras by 89-172-57-47.adsl.net.t-com.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:20:14 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:19:57 +0200 Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <78878E5C-A219-42A6-AB9F-D4C4C7FC994E@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig849F4EF0EB8681D7F473DE96" X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 89-172-57-47.adsl.net.t-com.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Windows/20070509) In-Reply-To: <78878E5C-A219-42A6-AB9F-D4C4C7FC994E@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.3.0 Sender: news Subject: Re: ZFS on 32-bit CPUs? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:20:25 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig849F4EF0EB8681D7F473DE96 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sean Hafeez wrote: > Has anyone looked at the ZFS port and how it does on 32-bit CPUs vs > 64-bit ones? I know under Solaris they do not recommend using a 32-bit > CPU. I my case I was thinking about doing some testing on a Dual P3-850= =2E It works, and there's never been doubt that it would work. The main resource you need is memory. At least 1 GB is recommended, but it should work with 512 MB (though people were reporting panics unless they scale ZFS and VFS parameters down). If you're thinking of using it in production, you should read the threads on this list regarding ZFS, especially those mentioning panics. --------------enig849F4EF0EB8681D7F473DE96 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGZf2tldnAQVacBcgRAhF7AKCZjytHNbJ72wDlKjO9Na7+e+a/mwCg8EDl X5NYxLjsXn0xAZtQP1tLZX0= =d0h2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig849F4EF0EB8681D7F473DE96--