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11 Sep 2026

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• 00:17
  » checkpoint thinks ZFS requires at least 1GB of RAM for itself and will compete with Firefox for scarce resourse. :-)
• 00:20
  ek
  The beauty of vfs.zfs.arc.max!
• 00:22
  checkpoint
  sysctl: unknown oid 'vfs.zfs.arc.max'
• 00:27
  gemelen
  it doesn't have to use that much from my experience, but again - nobody wants to *make* you to use it
• 00:30
  spork_css_
  I run VMs with 512MB and root on zfs w/o issue...
• 00:35
  cpet
  this was an issue with the older zfs
• 00:35
  cpet
  it was known to panic your system if it had no more rams
• 00:36
  cpet
  then they transiioned to openzfs so there could be one code base vs two
• 00:36
  cpet
  the original freebsd implementation and openzfs
• 00:38
  ek
  checkpoint: Which version of FBSD?
• 00:38
  ek
  vfs.zfs.arc.max works fine for me on 15.1.
• 00:39
  cpet
  did you update ek?
• 00:39
  ek
  Update?
• 00:40
  cpet
  yes
• 00:40
  ek
  I'm on 15.1-R-p3
• 00:41
  ek
  Well, I have some 16-C's running around, too.
• 00:54
  cpet
  you need to update to p4
• 01:20
  CrtxReavr
  Who let cpet in here?
• 01:32
  cpet
  CrtxReavr: am I talking to much again ?