On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Richard Elling <richard.ell...@gmail.com> wrote: > Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
>> IMHO it's probably best to set a limit on ARC size and treat it like >> any other memory used by applications. >> > > There are a few cases where this makes sense, but not many. The ARC > will shrink, as needed. With the new write throttle, the perception of > ARC dominance is significantly reduced. The main reason to limit ARC > today, is to prevent the large page/small page change that can happen if > you need to restart a large-page using application (eg databases). I got a recommendation to limit ARC size when using zfs in xen dom0. https://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=355579 Is it among the "not many" cases, or is irrelevant today with new write throttle? _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
