Drop_caches doesn't work on Solaris but works on RHEL6


 
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Operating Systems Solaris Drop_caches doesn't work on Solaris but works on RHEL6
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Old 11-05-2014
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Originally Posted by achenle
You can also drop non-ZFS file system caches for a file system by unmounting that file system.
Yes, but that's more intrusive than using lockfs.
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I haven't tested that for a ZFS file system, but I think there's a good chance that it will work.
That likely won't work. Unlike with traditional file systems, data can be shared between ZFS file systems belonging to the same pool so the cache is working at the pool level. Outside exporting importing the pool containing the file system which I already suggested but that is not achievable with the root pool, another way might be to dynamically reduce the ARC max size and perhaps allocate some RAM for the OS to release pages. This will affect all ZFS datasets though.
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install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system SYNOPSIS
install-solaris install-solaris invokes the Solaris Install program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation, install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer. The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation: For SPARC machines: 128 MB Minimum physical memory for all installation types 128 MB Minimum physical memory required for windowing system 384 MB Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation For x86 machines: 256 MB Minimum physical memory for all installation types 256 MB Minimum physical memory required for windowing system 512 MB Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number of fea- tures available. install-solaris exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the for more details. install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the installation media. Refer to the for disk space requirements. Refer to the for more information on the various menus and selections. See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcdrom (Solaris instal- | | |lation media) | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5) It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus. 23 Sep 2005 install-solaris(1M)