arc_max problem

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arc_max problem

Postby e8vww » Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:45 am

The automatic settings aren't working. A swap file is still being created no matter how much ram I add.

I made the file at /etc/zfs/zsysctl.conf, plain text with the only line being kstat.zfs.darwin.tunable.zfs_arc_max=19327352832. Rebooted and did a test copy. Afterwards--- kstat.spl.misc.spl_misc.os_mem_alloc: 23854088192

Where am I going wrong? Thanks all for your help.

Edit: I tried following the instructions at https://openzfsonosx.org/wiki/Performance to release memory.

sudo sysctl -w kstat.zfs.darwin.tunable.zfs_arc_max=<size of arc in bytes> resulted in sysctl: illegal option -- ?

sudo sysctl -w kstat.spl.misc.spl_misc.simulate_pressure=<amount of ram to release in bytes> results in sysctl: unknown oid 'kstat.spl.misc.spl_misc.simulate_pressure'

What is the arc meta limit? There is no explanation on https://openzfsonosx.org/wiki/Memory_utilization
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Re: arc_max problem

Postby Brendon » Thu Feb 08, 2018 3:04 am

ARC max is the maximum size of the ARC data.

However, and this has been answered before, the memory allocator is NOT 100% space efficient, not even close. There is potentially 30+% overhead in data structures and fragmentation on top of the desired ARC size. This is the difference that you are seeing.

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Re: arc_max problem

Postby lundman » Thu Feb 08, 2018 4:14 am

swap file creation? Are we using the creation of a swapfile as indication of low memory?


I think the sysctl changed, its

kstat.spl.misc.spl_misc.spl_spl_free_manual_pressure: 0
kstat.zfs.darwin.tunable.zfs_arc_max: 0
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Re: arc_max problem

Postby e8vww » Mon Feb 12, 2018 8:33 am

Brendon wrote:ARC max is the maximum size of the ARC data.

However, and this has been answered before, the memory allocator is NOT 100% space efficient, not even close. There is potentially 30+% overhead in data structures and fragmentation on top of the desired ARC size. This is the difference that you are seeing.

Cheers
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Thanks, the problem was that textedit added .txt as a hidden extension.

lundman wrote:swap file creation? Are we using the creation of a swapfile as indication of low memory?


I think the sysctl changed, its

kstat.spl.misc.spl_misc.spl_spl_free_manual_pressure: 0
kstat.zfs.darwin.tunable.zfs_arc_max: 0


It works now thanks. I find that once a swapfile is created it never releases again and the system just slows down in general.
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