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Date:      Mon, 18 Jun 2018 14:10:31 +0100
From:      tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: lightly loaded system eats swap space
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On 18/06/2018 13:45, Adam wrote:
> What is the output of sysctl vm.overcommit? 

That's a sysctl I've not heard of. It's 0 on both machines

> If this system is intended on being a VM host, then why don't you
> limit ARC to something reasonable like Total Mem - Projected VM Mem -
> Overhead = Ideal ARC .

I'll try doing that when I can take the machine out of service.

thanks,
-- 
J.





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