Antony, Our most long running haproxy (it's a 1.3.x series) used at maximum 500 Megabytes, so far, never saw an haproxy box swapping, yet.
Regards, > -----Original Message----- > From: Antony [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 12:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: HAProxy & swap > > Hi guys! > > I'm new to HAProxy and currently I'm testing it. > So I've read this on the main page of the web site: > "The reliability can significantly decrease when the system is pushed to > its limits. This is why finely tuning the sysctls is important. There is no > general rule, every system and every application will be specific. However, > it is important to ensure that the system will never run out of memory and > that it will never swap. A correctly tuned system must be able to run for > years at full load without slowing down nor crashing." > And now have the question. > > How do you usually prevent system to swap? I use Linux but solutions for > any other OSes are interesting for me too. > > I think it isn't just to "swapoff -a" and to del appropriate line in > /etc/fstab. Because some people say that it isn't good choise.. > > P.S. I'm sorry for previous email without specified subject > > > -- Germán Gutiérrez OLX Operation Center OLX Inc. Buenos Aires - Argentina Phone: 54.11.4775.6696 Mobile: 54.911.5669.6175 Skype: errare_est Email: [email protected] Delivering common sense since 1969 <Epoch Fail!>. The Nature is not amiable; It treats impartially to all the things. The wise person is not amiable; He treats all people impartially. No afecta el sitio, no necesita QA.
