vfs.zfs.arc.free_target and vfs.zfs.arc.sys_free (was: RFC: How ZFS handles arc memory use)

[Graham Perrin]

On 03/03/2026 22:25, Rick Macklem wrote:

On Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 12:33 PM Doug Ambrisko <ambri...@ambrisko.com> wrote:
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Have any of you guys tried increasing vfs.zfs.arc.free_target?

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Also FYI

vfs.zfs.arc.sys_free

I never used it, never needed to. I'm regurgitating words from 
<https://wiki.freebsd.org/Myths#ZFS_will_use_too_much_memory>, part of 
which might be incorrect (I edited, but lost track of things – sorry).