freebsd stable - Jul 2015 - 10.2-Beta i386..what's wrong..?

On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 02:19:20AM +0200, Michelle Sullivan
wrote:
> Why is zfs on i386 so hard?
zfs is a resource hog.  i386 is not able to handle the demand as well
as amd64.

I have never, ever, heard of anyone who has a deep understanding of
zfs on FreeBSD recommend anything other than amd64.  (Note: I am not
such a person, so I am simply reporting my understanding.)

FWIW, I tried it once.

Once.

After spending a few days inspecting all the bullet holes in my feet,
I moved it off that i386 machine and all the bullet holes healed up.

tl;dr: zfs/i386 Not Recommended.  But YMMV.

mcl

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 8:40 PM, Mark Linimon <linimon at lonesome.com>
wrote:
> zfs is a resource hog.  i386 is not able to handle the demand as well
> as amd64.
>
Even amd64 is no guarantee. I installed one of the Illumos spinoffs on a
2GB amd64 netbook (they mostly force zfs). I think it lasted 2 days before
the kernel panics started.

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