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However, if you have free memory that could be use to cache something, then why not use some/all/most of it? I certainly expect any operating system to try to use as much memory as possible and if it happens to use it as some sort of file system backing cache, good on it...
The real question, though, is: does ZFS cause unexpected symptoms -- such as system slowness, constant swapping -- because it uses too much memory?
Kind of related: now that memory in the developed world [if one could call Australia, the 51st State of the Union developed], is requiring more than 128MB for a file system with ZFS' features excessive?
I'd be inclined to say that it's not... DSL _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
