Re: ZFS committed to the FreeBSD base.

From: Darren Reed <darrenr_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 08:55:32 +0000
On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 10:01:17AM +0100, Vince wrote:
...
> I may reinstall at a later date as this is still very much a box to play
> with, but I gather there is no great gain from going 64 bit other than
> not having to play with PAE if you've got lots or RAM.

It's not RAM that ZFS really likes but your KVA (Kernel Virtual Address)
space.  With a 32bit kernel you are more likely to experience problems
with KVA shortage than you are RAM shortage when using ZFS.

Darren
Received on Wed May 23 2007 - 06:55:32 UTC

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