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Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs on 32 bit?

Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs on 32 bit?
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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:02:39 +0200
>Ive asked the same question about 32bit. I created a thread and asked.
>
It were something like "does 32bit ZFS fragments RAM?" or something similar.
>As I remember it, 32 bit had some issues. Mostly due to RAM fragmentation or
>something similar. The result was that you had to restart your server
>after a while. But I shuts down my desktopPC every night so I never had
>any issues.


It's the problem of virtual memory and that only hits when you have more
memory than the amount of kernel virtual memory.  You can lower kernelbase
that helps a bit, but not when you have multiple GBs installed.

Caasper

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