From d2b77b7afa4b0015c4bffe554a76d8da5a1a93ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:52:25 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about dbcache to 1.0.15 release notes. Adapted from upstream release notes here: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.14.1.md#utxo-memory-accounting --- doc/release-notes.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index a29094b51..7355bcfc6 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -4,3 +4,9 @@ release-notes at release time) Notable changes =============== +UTXO memory accounting +---------------------- + +The default -dbcache has been changed in this release to 450MiB. Users can set -dbcache to a higher value (e.g. to keep the UTXO set more fully cached in memory). Users on low-memory systems (such as systems with 1GB or less) should consider specifying a lower value for this parameter. + +Additional information relating to running on low-memory systems can be found here: [reducing-memory-usage.md](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/blob/master/doc/reducing-memory-usage.md).