> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of John Stoffel > > Ian> 24 GB RAM > > Seems like overkill for a file server, because you don't want to cache > that much of your data in RAM unless you have a rock solid UPS, etc.
Disagree. In opensolaris, the kernel will only buffer maximum 30sec of writes, which is a few G. It will also only buffer a maximum 50% of system memory ... so at least 16G is advisable. The rest of the ram is used for cache to accelerate reads. So the more memory the merrier. _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
