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Date:      Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:47:40 -0800
From:      Artem Belevich <fbsdlist@src.cx>
To:        Steve Polyack <korvus@comcast.net>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ZFS ARC being limited below what is defined in /boot/loader.conf
Message-ID:  <ed91d4a81002121047y18c6c627td9a7797164ba050a@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4B759E70.4030809@comcast.net>
References:  <4B759E70.4030809@comcast.net>

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Check your vm.kmem_size. Default setting is way too low. Set it to at
least double of desired arc size.

--Artem



On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Steve Polyack <korvus@comcast.net> wrote:
> Has anyone had an issue with the ZFS ARC max being limited below what has
> been defined in /boot/loader.conf? =A0I just upgraded the RAM in a
> ZFS-equipped system and attempted to devote 4GB to the ARC cache by placi=
ng
> the following in loader.conf:
> =A0vfs.zfs.arc_max=3D"4096M"
>
> However, after rebooting, querying the sysctl gives me this:
> $ sysctl vfs.zfs.arc_max
> vfs.zfs.arc_max: 1726489600
>
> or about 1.7GB, an odd number that I can't find any references to. =A0For
> reference, I'm running 8-STABLE (as of Jan 19th) on an amd64 system with =
8GB
> of RAM. =A0The system was previously very stable with 4GB of RAM and a 51=
2MB
> arc_max. =A0I have not modified vm.kmem_size_max (defaults to ~330GB on a=
md64)
> or any other ZFS tunables. =A0I'd also like to avoid syncing up to the cu=
rrent
> 8-STABLE if at all possible.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Polyack
>
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