> > Is -m option for slabs not for malloc? > > >At the moment, yes, -m only sets the maximum size of the cache > itself, > not any of the other data structures. Those are allocated as needed. > Do you mean that the -m option is only limit the memory allocate for > the slabs? > So what limit the other memory allocate? > > If I have 4G memory totaly,can I set -m option to 3000 ?
You should be able to fire up another instance of memcached to utilize as much memory as needed beyond the 2G barrier. Is there a reason why there is a 2G barrier? Does this have any affect on performance going larger/smaller or running more instances? Would it be more effective to run 4 512mb instances rather than 2 2G instances? Brian Brooks
