On 6/23/08 6:24 AM, "Mertol Ozyoney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No, ZFS loves memory and unlike most other FS's around it can make good use > of memory. But ZFS will free memory if it recognizes that other apps require > memory or you can limit the cache ARC will be using. This is an important distinction. There are many examples of software which does not utilize the resources we make available. I'm happy with code that takes advantage of these additional resources to improve performance. Otherwise, it becomes difficult to make cost/benefit decisions. "I need more performance. It's worth $x to get that." > To my experiance ZFS still performs nicely on 1 GB boxes. This is probably fine for the "typical consumer usage pattern." > PS: How much 4 GB Ram costs for a desktop ? I just bought 2GB DIMMs for $40. IIRC, they were Kingston, so not a no-name brand. Charles _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
