Rainer Heilke writes: > The updated information states that the kernel setting is only for the > current Nevada build. We are not going to use the kernel debugger > method to change the setting on a live production system (and do this > everytime we need to reboot). > > We're back to trying to set their expectations more realistically, and > using proper tools to measure memory usage. As I stated at the outset, > they are trying to start up a 10GB SGA database within two minutes to > "simulate" the start-up of five 2GB databases at boot-up. I sincerely > doubt they are going to start all five databases simultaneously within > two minutes on a regular boot-up. >
After bootup, ZFS should have near zero memory in the ARC. Limiting the ARC should have no effect on their startup times. Right ? -r > So, what is the best use of the OS tools (vmstat, etc.) to show them > how this would really occur? > > Rainer > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
