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Oracle® ZFS Storage Appliance Analytics Guide, Release OS8.7.0

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Updated: March 2017
 
 

Cache: L2ARC Errors

This statistic shows L2ARC error statistics.

When to Check L2ARC Errors

This may be useful to leave enabled when using cache devices, for when troubleshooting L2ARC issues beyond the standard statistics.

L2ARC Errors Breakdowns

Available breakdowns:

Table 57  A Breakdown of L2ARC Errors
Breakdown
Description
error
L2ARC error type. See table below.

L2ARC error types:

Table 58  L2ARC Error Types
Error
Description
memory abort
The L2ARC choose not to populate for a one second interval due to a shortage of system memory (DRAM) which holds the L2ARC metadata. Continual memory aborts will prevent the L2ARC from warming up.
bad checksum
A read from a cache device failed the ZFS ARC checksum. This may be an indicator that a cache device is beginning to fail.
io error
A cache device returned an error. This may be an indicator that a cache device is beginning to fail.