[RFC] Bumping ufs.dirhash_maxmem to a larger value?

Borja Marcos BORJAMAR at SARENET.ES
Mon Aug 8 06:49:46 GMT 2005


> So why not make the determination of "dirhash_maxmem" the result of  
> some
> calculation(s) that takes into account RAM size, etc ?
>
> The obvious lesson here is that picking a number to be a limit  
> based on
> the current size of machines fails the test of time.

     I think that changing it now without a mechanism to reduce the  
memory amount in case of memory shortages would be a violation of the  
Principle of Minimal Surprise.




     Borja.



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