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What does kstat -p ::zfs_file_data:mem_total represent?

edited Sep 3, 2013 4:01PM in Oracle Solaris ZFS File System (MOSC) 2 commentsAnswered ✓

What does kstat -p ::zfs_file_data:mem_total represent? 

kstat -p | egrep 'zfs_file_data:mem_inuse|zfs_file_data:mem_total'
vmem:36:zfs_file_data:mem_inuse 8691646464
vmem:36:zfs_file_data:mem_total 50897879040


echo "::kmastat"| sudo mdb -k seems to indicate a total number of bytes":

echo "::kmastat"| sudo mdb -k | egrep '^cache|^name|^--------------|^zfs_file_data|^vmem'
...
vmem                          memory      memory     memory     alloc alloc
name                          in use       total     import   succeed  fail
------------------------- ---------- ----------- ---------- --------- -----
zfs_file_data             8691646464B 50897879040B         0B      8357     0
...

but the number is several times the size of physical memory:

echo "::memstat"| sudo mdb -k

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