ZFS committed to the FreeBSD base.

Darren Reed darrenr at freebsd.org
Wed May 23 08:55:33 UTC 2007


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



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