>> we can probably have both and cache respects whichever constraint hits >> first (sort of min(byte size, entry size)). > First of all I don't know MongoNS implementation details so I can be wrong. > > I'd rather keep the size in bytes as it gives me much more control over > the memory I have and what I decide to provide to the application. If we > say, to take an extreme example, 1 document only in cache and then this > single document exceed the amount of available memory I fear an OOM. On > the other hand having bytes ensure us the application keeps working and > it will be task of a sysadmin to monitor the eventual hit/miss ratio to > adjust the cache accordingly. > Yes, sysadmin can modify cache size in bytes if miss ratio increases. But, in current scenario, I couldn't figure out a neat way (heuristic/guesswork) to figure out if it's application mis-behavior or lack of cache size (notice our issue didn't happen to be related to cache size... but still the question did bug us). On the other hand, an sysadmin can be provided with a rough idea about relation of (frequently used) repo nodes using which sysadmin can update cache size. Also, I do take the point of avoiding OOMs in case of pretty large documents which is why we can have both properties(byte size and entry count) with byte constraint being a fail safe.
Thanks, Vikas
