Hi Paul, ZFS might be using more memory than what you would expect in the form of ARC cache. Even after tuning the zfs ARC cache size, gnome-system-monitor does not report 'correct' memory usage statistics. To be more exact, it shows different statistics from prstat and vmstat. So like I mentioned earlier, prstat/vmstat must be seen for reliable memory usage statistics until issue is resolved.
Regards, Krishnan On 07/20/09 18:58, Paul Johnston wrote: > When people say it's using too much RAM I would perhaps rephrase this and say > there isn't a lot of free RAM but then if it's free you arn't using it so > it's wasted! > Without seeing a prstat I would suggest it's ZFS making use of memory. Only > if you tried using some memory hungry application (something using java?) and > it impinged on that would I be worried. > There are lots of discussions on how ZFS makes use of memory, most > interesting is > http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Evil_Tuning_Guide > Read and enjoy :-) > As to services running have a look at svcs -v and see if there is anything > you can turn of but basically I wouldn't worry unless as i say you cannot run > something. > > Regards Paul >
