

Just adjust it if you actually need the RAM and it isn’t relinquishing quickly enough.
options zfs zfs_arc_max=17179869184 in /etc/modprobe.d/zfs.conf, update-initramfs -u, reboot - this will limit ZFS ARC to 16GiB.
arc_summary to see what it’s using now.
As for using a simple fs on LVM, do you not care about data integrity?

I hope you find the help you so obviously need.