Re: [pve-devel] [PATCH installer 0/2] expose zfs arc size setting for all products

[Thomas Lamprecht <t.lamprecht@proxmox.com>]

Am 06/02/2024 um 14:25 schrieb Christoph Heiss:
> On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 01:49:36PM +0100, Thomas Lamprecht wrote:
>> That way it would stay dynamic, e.g., if one increased the memory of
>> a PBS or PMG instance, but one could also interpret that as bad thing,
>> especially if the MiB number was shown.
> 
> Should this behaviour only apply to the PBS/PMG installer then? Or to
> PVE as well?

No, I'd keep PVE at the lower limit.

There it makes sense more sense over the default 50 % and as PVE is
more likely to be installed on bare metal, at least for permanent
production installations, it's also less likely that the amount of
memory changes.

> 
>> For GTK we could just go for a placeholder text showing the number,
>> but there isn't really such a UX-mechanic available for the TUI one
>> AFAICT.
> 
> Yeah, we'd need to implement placeholders for the TUI ourselves.
> Shouldn't be too hard tho, I got a rough idea mind how it be fitted in
> there.

As long as one can somewhat easily understand the meaning behind
that, it should be fine.