Oh, so this is amazon elasticache? On Tue, 7 Jul 2020, Shweta Agrawal wrote:
> We use aws for deployment and don't have that information. What particularly > looks odd in settings? > > On Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 8:10:04 AM UTC+5:30, Dormando wrote: > what're your start arguments? the settings look a little odd. ie; the > full > commandline (censoring anything important) that you used to start > memcached > > On Tue, 7 Jul 2020, Shweta Agrawal wrote: > > > Sorry. Here it is. > > > > On Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 12:38:38 AM UTC+5:30, Dormando wrote: > > 'stats settings' file is empty > > > > On Tue, 7 Jul 2020, Shweta Agrawal wrote: > > > > > Hi Dormando, > > > Got the stats for production. Please find attached files for > stats settings. stats items, stats, stats slabs. Summary for all slabs. > > > > > > Other details that might help: > > > * TTL is two days or more. > > > * Key length is in the range of 40-80 bytes. > > > Below are the parameters that we plan to change from the > current settings: > > > 1. slab_automove : from 0 to 1 > > > 2. hash_algorithm: from jenkins to murmur > > > 3. chunk_size: from 48 to 297 (as we don't have data of size > less than that) > > > 4. growth_factor: 1.25 to 1.20 ( Can reducing this more > help? Do more slab classes affect performance?) > > > 5. max_item_size : from 4MB to 1MB (as our data will never > be more than 1MB large) > > > Please let me know if different values for above paramters > can be more beneficial. > > > Are there any other parameters which we should consider to > change or set? > > > > > > Also below are the calculations used for columns in the > summary shared. Can you please confirm if calculations are fine. > > > 1) Total_Mem = total_pages*page_size --> total memory > > > 2) Strg_ovrHd = (mem_requested/(used_chunks*chunk_size)) * > 100 --> storage overhead > > > 3) Free Memory = free_chunks * chunk_size ---> free memory > > > 4) To Store = mem_requested --> actual memory > requested for storing data > > > > > > Thank you for your time and efforts in explaining concepts. > > > Shweta > > > > > > > > the rest is free memory, which should be > measured separately. > > > > free memory for a class will be : (free_chunks > * chunk_size) > > > > And total memory reserved by a class will be : > (total_pages*page_size) > > > > > > > > > If you're getting evictions in class A but > there's too much free memory in classes C, D, etc > > > > > then you have a balance issue. for example. > An efficiency stat which just > > > > > adds up the total pages doesn't tell you what > to do with it. > > > > I see. Got your point.Storage overhead can help > in deciding the chunk_size and growth_factor. Let me add > storage-overhead and > > > free memory as well for > > > > calculation. > > > > > > Most people don't have to worry about > growth_factor very much. Especially > > > since the large item code was added, but it has > its own caveats. Growth > > > factor is only typically useful if you have > _very_ statically sized > > > objects. > > > > > > > One curious question: If we have an item of > 500Bytes and there is free memory only in class A(chunk_size: 100Bytes). > Do cache > > > evict items from class with > > > > largeer chunk_size or use multiple chunks from > class A? > > > > > > No, it will evict an item matching the 500 byte > chunk size, and not touch > > > A. This is where the memory balancer comes in; it > will move pages of > > > memory between slab classes to keep the tail age > roughly the same between > > > classes. It does this slowly. > > > > > > > Example: > > > > In below scenario, when we try to store item > with 3MB, even when there was memory in class with smaller chunk_size, it > evicts > > > items from 512K class and > > > > other memory is blocked by smaller slabs. > > > > > > Large (> 512KB) items are an exception. It will > try to evict from the > > > "large item" bucket, which is 512kb. It will try > to do this up to a few > > > times, trying to free up enough memory to make > space for the large item. > > > > > > So to make space for a 3MB item, if the tail item > is 5MB in size or 1MB in > > > size, they will still be evicted. If the tail age > is low compared to all > > > other classes, the memory balancer will > eventually move more pages into > > > the 512K slab class. > > > > > > If you tend to store a lot of very large items, > it works better if the > > > instances are larger. > > > > > > Memcached is more optimized for performance with > small items. if you try > > > to store a small item, it will evict exactly one > item to make space. > > > However, for very large items (1MB+), the time it > takes to read the data > > > from the network is so large that we can afford > to do extra processing. > > > > > > > 3Mb_items_eviction.png > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > Shweta > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, July 5, 2020 at 1:13:19 AM UTC+5:30, > Dormando wrote: > > > > (memory_requested / (chunk_size * > chunk_used)) * 100 > > > > > > > > is roughly the storage overhead of memory > used in the system. the rest is > > > > free memory, which should be measured > separately. If you're getting > > > > evictions in class A but there's too much > free memory in classes C, D, etc > > > > then you have a balance issue. for > example. An efficiency stat which just > > > > adds up the total pages doesn't tell you > what to do with it. > > > > > > > > On Sat, 4 Jul 2020, Shweta Agrawal wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I'll need the raw output from "stats > items" and "stats slabs". I don't > > > > > > think that efficiency column is very > helpful. ohkay no worries. I can get by Tuesday and will share. > > > > > > > > > > Efficiency for each slab is calcuated > as > > > > > (("stats slabs" -> memory_requested) / > (("stats slabs" -> total_pages) * page_size)) * 100 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Attaching script which has calculations > for the same. The script is from memcahe repo with additional > calculation for > > > efficiency. > > > > > Will it be possible for you to verify > if the efficiency calculation is correct? > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > Shweta > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, July 4, 2020 at 1:08:23 PM > UTC+5:30, Dormando wrote: > > > > > ah okay. > > > > > > > > > > I'll need the raw output from > "stats items" and "stats slabs". I don't > > > > > think that efficiency column is > very helpful. > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 3 Jul 2020, Shweta > Agrawal wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, July 4, 2020 at > 9:41:49 AM UTC+5:30, Dormando wrote: > > > > > > No attachment > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 3 Jul 2020, > Shweta Agrawal wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wooo...so quick. :):) > > > > > > > > Correct, close. It > actually uses more like 3 512k chunks and then one > > > > > > > > smaller chunk from a > different class to fit exactly 1.6MB. > > > > > > > I see.Got it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Can you share > snapshots from "stats items" and "stats slabs" for one of > > > > > > > these instances? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Currently I have > summary of it, sharing the same below. I can get snapshot by Tuesday as need > to > > request > > > for it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pages have value from > total_pages from stats slab for each slab > > > > > > > item_size have value > from chunk_size from stats slab for each slab > > > > > > > Used memory is > calculated as pages*page size ---> This has to corrected now. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > prod_stats.png > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 90%+ are perfectly > doable. You probably need to look a bit more closely > > > > > > > > into why you're not > getting the efficiency you expect. The detailed stats > > > > > > > > output should point > to why. I can help with that if it's confusing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Great. Will surely ask > for your input whenever I have question. It is really kind of you to > offer > > help. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Either the slab > rebalancer isn't keeping up or you actually do have 39GB > > > > > > > > of data and your > expecations are a bit off. This will also depending on > > > > > > > > the TTL's you're > setting and how often/quickly your items change size. > > > > > > > > Also things like your > serialization method / compression / key length vs > > > > > > > > data length / etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We have much less data > than 39 GB. As after facing evictions, it has been always kept higher > than > > > expected data-size. > > > > > > > TTL is two days or > more. > > > > > > > From my observation > items size(data-length) is in the range of 300Bytes to 500K after > compression. > > > > > > > Key length is in the > range of 40-80 bytes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > > Shweta > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, July 4, > 2020 at 8:38:31 AM UTC+5:30, Dormando wrote: > > > > > > > Hey, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Putting my > understanding to re-confirm: > > > > > > > > 1) Page size > will always be 1MB and we cannot change it.Moreover, it's not required to > be > > > changed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Correct. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2) We can store > items larger than 1MB and it is done by combining chunks together. > (example: > > > let's say item size: > > > > ~1.6MB --> > > > > > 4 slab > > > > > > > chunks(512k slab) > from > > > > > > > > 2 pages will be > used) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Correct, close. > It actually uses more like 3 512k chunks and then one > > > > > > > smaller chunk > from a different class to fit exactly 1.6MB. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We use memcache > in production and in past we saw evictions even when free memory was > present. > > > Also currently we use > > > > cluster > > > > > with > > > > > > 39GB RAM in > > > > > > > total to > > > > > > > > cache data even > when data size we expect is ~15GB to avoid eviction of active items. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you share > snapshots from "stats items" and "stats slabs" for one of > > > > > > > these instances? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But as our data > varies in size, it is possible to avoid evictions by tuning > parameters: > > > chunk_size, growth_factor, > > > > > slab_automove. > > > > > > Also I > > > > > > > believe memcache > > > > > > > > is efficient > and we can reduce cost by reducing memory size for cluster. > > > > > > > > So I am trying > to find the best possible memory size and parameters we can have.So > want to be > > > clear with my > > > > understanding > > > > > and > > > > > > calculations. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So while trying > different parameters and putting all calculations, I observed that > total_pages > > * > > > item_size_max > > > > > physical > > > > > memory for > > > > > > a > > > > > > > machine. And from > > > > > > > > all blogs,and > docs it didnot match my understanding. But it's clear now. Thanks to > you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > One last > question: From my trials I find that we can achieve ~90% storage efficiency > with > > > memcache. (i.e we need > > > > 10MB of > > > > > physical > > > > > > memory to > > > > > > > store 9MB of > > > > > > > > data. Do you > recommend any idle memory-size interms of percentage of expected > data-size? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 90%+ are > perfectly doable. You probably need to look a bit more closely > > > > > > > into why you're > not getting the efficiency you expect. The detailed stats > > > > > > > output should > point to why. I can help with that if it's confusing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Either the slab > rebalancer isn't keeping up or you actually do have 39GB > > > > > > > of data and your > expecations are a bit off. This will also depending on > > > > > > > the TTL's you're > setting and how often/quickly your items change size. > > > > > > > Also things like > your serialization method / compression / key length vs > > > > > > > data length / etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Dormando > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, > July 4, 2020 at 12:23:09 AM UTC+5:30, Dormando wrote: > > > > > > > > Hey, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Looks > like I never updated the manpage. In the past the item size max was > > > > > > > > achieved > by changing the slab page size, but that hasn't been true for a > > > > > > > > long time. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From > ./memcached -h: > > > > > > > > -m, > --memory-limit=<num> item memory in megabytes (default: 64) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ... -m > just means the memory limit in megabytes, abstract from the page > > > > > > > > size. I > think that was always true. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In any > recentish version, any item larger than half a page size (512k) is > > > > > > > > created > by stitching page chunks together. This prevents waste when an > > > > > > > > item > would be more than half a page size. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there > a problem you're trying to track down? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'll > update the manpage. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 3 > Jul 2020, Shweta Agrawal wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > Sorry > if I am repeating the question, I searched the list but could not find > definite > > > answer. So posting it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Memcache version: 1.5.10 > > > > > > > > > I have > started memcahce with option: -I 4m (setting maximum item size to > 4MB).Verified > > > it is set by > > > > command stats > > > > > settings , > > > > > > I can > > > > > > > see STAT > > > > > > > > > item_size_max > > > > > > > > > 4194304. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Documentation from git repository here stats that: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -I, > --max-item-size=<size> > > > > > > > > > > Override the default size of each slab page. The default size is 1mb. Default > > > > > > > > > value > for this parameter is 1m, minimum is 1k, max is 1G (1024 * 1024 * 1024). > > > > > > > > > > Adjusting this value changes the item size limit. > > > > > > > > > My > understanding from documentation is this option will allow to save items > with size > > > till 4MB and the page > > > > size for > > > > > each > > > > > > slab will > > > > > > > be 4MB > > > > > > > > (as I set > it as > > > > > > > > > -I 4m). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am > able to save items till 4MB but the page-size is still 1MB. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -m > memory size is default 64MB. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Calculation: > > > > > > > > > -> > Calculated total pages used from stats slabs output parameter total_pages = > 64 (If > > > page size is 4MB then > > > > total > > > > > pages > > > > > > should not > > > > > > > be more > > > > > > > > than 16. > Also > > > > > > > > > when I > store 8 items of ~3MB it uses 25 pages but if page size is 4MB, it > should use 8 > > > pages right.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you > please help me in understanding the behaviour? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Attached files with details for output of command stats settings and stats > slabs. > > > > > > > > > Below > is the summarized view of the distribution. > > > > > > > > > First > added items with variable sizes, then then added items with 3MB and > above. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > data_distribution.png > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please > let me know in case more details are required or question is not clear. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank > You, > > > > > > > > > Shweta > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > > > > You > received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "memcached" > > > group. > > > > > > > > > To > unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to > > > memc...@googlegroups.com. > > > > > > > > > To view > this discussion on the web visit > > > > > > > > > > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/memcached/2b640e1f-9f59-4432-a930-d830cbe8566do%40googlegroups.com. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > > > You received > this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "memcached" > group. > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe > from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to > > > memc...@googlegroups.com. > > > > > > > > To view this > discussion on the web visit > > > > > > > > > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/memcached/586aad58-c6fb-4ed8-89ce-6b005d59ba12o%40googlegroups.com. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > prod_stats.png > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > > You received this > message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "memcached" group. > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from > this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to > > > memc...@googlegroups.com. > > > > > > > To view this discussion > on the web visit > > > > > > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/memcached/8d011c1a-deec-463f-a17e-4e9908d97bdfo%40googlegroups.com. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > You received this message > because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "memcached" group. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group > and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to > memc...@googlegroups.com. > > > > > > To view this discussion on the > web visit > > > > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/memcached/f0c2bfe1-d65d-4b62-9a87-68fc42446c3do%40googlegroups.com. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > You received this message because you > are subscribed to the Google Groups "memcached" group. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop > receiving emails from it, send an email to memc...@googlegroups.com. > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/memcached/bcd4da5a-ae8e-470f-beb9-2705c0f0202ao%40googlegroups.com. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > --- > > > > You received this message because you are > subscribed to the Google Groups "memcached" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop > receiving emails from it, send an email to memc...@googlegroups.com. > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/memcached/5e76fa4f-7e06-468a-8b10-d99ab89d7ec2o%40googlegroups.com. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > --- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "memcached" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from > it, send an email to memc...@googlegroups.com. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/memcached/71fd5680-7bd2-473b-9944-6cda8271ad5fo%40googlegroups.com. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "memcached" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send an email to memc...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/memcached/372169f1-2a2e-4163-bf48-ca8176e76443o%40googlegroups.com. > > > > > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "memcached" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to memcached+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/memcached/d89d1650-801b-4632-8a5d-3a29b98c161fo%40googlegroups.com. > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "memcached" group. 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