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light to medium load am64 w 8g

hw.ncpu: 2

vm.kmem_size=600M
vm.kmem_size_max=600M
vfs.zfs.prefetch_disable=1


been trouble free since boot.

wondering if it is time to try on i386.  anyone with serious experience
with i386 zfs?

randy