From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 5 18:27:47 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0E4F106564A for ; Sun, 5 Aug 2012 18:27:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: from uk1rly2283.eechost.net (relay01a.mail.uk1.eechost.net [217.69.40.75]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AED28FC14 for ; Sun, 5 Aug 2012 18:27:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [31.186.37.179] (helo=rpi-1.marelmo.com) by uk1rly2283.eechost.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Sy5U0-0005Nd-Jw for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:23:20 +0100 Received: from [192.168.63.1] (helo=steve.marelmo.com) by rpi-1.marelmo.com with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Sy5YL-0005Zs-Vh for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:27:50 +0100 Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 19:27:44 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20120805192744.1cd871d9.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20120804142758.0126fded.steve@sohara.org> <20120805164458.1c012ac4.steve@sohara.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.3 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) X-Face: %]+HVL}K`P8>+8ZcY-WGHP6j@&mxMo9JH6_WdgIgUGH)JX/usO0%jy7T~IVgqjumD^OBqX, Kv^-GM6mlw(fI^$"QRKyZ$?xx/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Auth-Info: 15567@permanet.ie (plain) Subject: Re: ZFS bonnie puzzlement X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2012 18:27:47 -0000 On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 20:02:54 +0200 (CEST) Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > First surprise, with only 4GB I had set primarycache=metadata, > > you mean 4 GIGABYTES of memory is "ONLY"? At less than €30 - yes I think only is reasonable, I'd have bought more but 4GB is all the motherboard would take. I've paid more than that for a *KILOBYTE* of memory - admittedly that was a long time ago. One big part of the changing landscape in computer economics is that RAM and disc are *cheap*. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/