On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 06:58:47PM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Ivan Voras wrote: > > Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > > > > > Let try to think how we can warn people clearly about proper tunning and > > > what proper tunning actually means. I think we should advise increasing > > > KVA_PAGES on i386 and not only vm.kmem_size. We could also warn that > > > running ZFS on 32bit systems is not generally recommended. Any other > > > suggestions? > > > > I'd suggest we do give all three warnings (KVA_PAGES, kmem_size, i386) > > at once, preferably both when the ZFS module loads and when a zpool is > > created. I think it's important that the tree pieces of information be > > given at the same time so the user doesn't need to hunt solutions > > after panics. > > How about including the URL of the ZFS tuning guide in the > warning message: > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSTuningGuide > > It contains all the necessary information for both i386 and > amd64 machines. It can also easily be updated if necessary > so people always get the most up-to-date information. > The tuning information belongs in the zfs(8) manual page. -- SteveReceived on Tue Jan 08 2008 - 17:03:08 UTC
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