[OpenIndiana-discuss] Hrdwr - 4GB ram to 8GB ram sticks

[Harry Putnam]

Setup: 
 Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon  CPU X5470 @ 3.33GHz - 32 GB ram

I'm considering exchanging my 4gb Ram stick for 8gb which would double
by 32GB ram 64 GB

I wondered if any one here is running an HP xw8600 2x - xeon that
might have an idea what I could expect from doubling the ram
capability.

I've noticed something like a several hundred GB send/recv with
compression and the snap being transferred is lz4 on both ends.
The Host is pretty bogged down from that activity.

It doesn't look so bad on the oi performance monitor (bld 151_9) with
all 8 cores fluctuating from single digits up to about 32 % was the
highest I noticed but mostly staying in high single digit and low
teens.

Not so much yet the machine is bogged down like I said.  Other actions
like opening an Xterm and the like are taking much longer.

Internet browsing ... sluggish.

Would a doubling of ram have much effect on this or is it just that
the cpus at Xeon X5470 - 3.33Ghz is just a bit weak.