Dev Tools · 2h ago
FreeBSD Memory Management Under Scrutiny After User Reports High RAM Usage
A developer reports that FreeBSD's ZFS file system and kernel caches can consume excessive RAM, leaving little for applications. The issue stems from default settings that prioritize caching over free memory. Users can mitigate it by adjusting kernel parameters like vfs.zfs.arc_max.
Meridian48 take
This highlights a trade-off in FreeBSD's design that may surprise users migrating from Linux, but it's a configurable behavior, not a bug.
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