Question about varnish memory usage

[Dridi Boukelmoune]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Adam Schumacher
<adam.schumacher at flightaware.com> wrote:
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> Varnishd is configured as follows in rc.conf:
>
> varnishd_storage="malloc,6G"
> varnishd_opts="-p send_timeout=200 -p sess_timeout=4 -p
> thread_pool_max=4000 -p thread_pool_add_delay=3 -p thread_pools=24 -p
> thread_pool_min=33 -p listen_depth=4096 -p thread_pool_add_delay=2 -p
> ping_interval=2 -h classic,250007 -p connect_timeout=2 -p cli_timeout=15
> -p sess_workspace=262144"
>
> varnishd_flags="-P /var/run/varnishd.pid -a ${varnishd_listen} -f
> ${varnishd_config} -T ${varnishd_telnet} -s ${varnishd_storage} -u
> ${varnishd_user} -g ${varnishd_group} ${varnishd_opts}"

Hi Adam,

thread_pool_max=4000
thread_pools=24
sess_workspace=262144

IIRC it means up to 4000x24x262144 bytes of RAM (about 24Go) *only*
for worker workspaces.

Probably not what you want.

thread_pool_add_delay=3
thread_pool_add_delay=2

It looks like your tuning needs some love.

Cheers,
Dridi