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Date:      Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:38:21 -0800
From:      Artem Belevich <fbsdlist@src.cx>
To:        Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ATA_CAM + ZFS gives short 1-2 seconds system freeze on disk load
Message-ID:  <ed91d4a81002081438s70b8b42cp875ea9822407b309@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100208195620.GA10209@icarus.home.lan>
References:  <20100208143329.GA12057@megatron.madpilot.net> <20100208145147.GA3733@icarus.home.lan> <20100208171822.12773278@r500.local> <20100208165853.GA43617@megatron.madpilot.net> <20100208195620.GA10209@icarus.home.lan>

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> I'd like a technical explanation of exactly what this loader.conf
> tunable does. =A0The sysctl -d explanation is useful if one has insight t=
o
> what purpose it serves. =A0I can find mention on Solaris lists about "txg
> timeout", but the context is over my head (intended for those very
> familiar with the inner workings of ZFS).

Ben Rockwood's blog has pretty decent explanation of how transaction
groups in ZFS work:
http://www.cuddletech.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=3D1015

--Artem



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