zfs discuss - Jan 2008 - are there any workarounds for (low memory) deadlocks?

Hi!
We''re running Solaris10u4 here on a Sun Fire 2200 (x86/Opteron) with 8
GB RAM, and after a long time of problems I''m about to give up our zfs
installation (on a simple scsi hardware raid) because of massive problems with
(low memory?) deadlocks - even a simple ''zfs list'' sometimes
locks the zfs-system for minutes, especially when there''s some traffic
(it''s a samba-box).

I''m sorry for not giving a more detailed description but I guess some
people know this problem - I just couldn''t find any solution or
workaround anywhere.
Could be (i.e.) the same as:
http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6628833
http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6457639

So, is there any workaround for this (changing the arc cache setting in
/etc/system is at least useless here, adding 4 GB RAM didn''t help
either) or will there be a solution/patch for it in the (near) future?

Greetings from Aachen, germany
Jochem Ippers
 
 
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