When will ZFS become stable?
Oliver Fromme
olli at lurza.secnetix.de
Tue Jan 8 09:58:50 PST 2008
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.
Best regards
Oliver
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