Re: [pmacct-discussion] Realistic Scaling of pre_tag_map?

2020-02-13 Thread Paolo Lucente
Hey Tim, Since it may take a few seconds to reload a large map, maybe i may discourage from - dunno - sub one minute reloading or suchs. The label, yes, can be as long as you like since it's malloc()'d - of course the longer you make it, the more space you burn and the more expensive it is to a

Re: [pmacct-discussion] Realistic Scaling of pre_tag_map?

2020-02-12 Thread Tim Jackson
That's good news, since everything I've tested so far the maps_index has worked with. Any worries about reloading the map often/quickly? Also is there a limit to how large the label can be in the pre_tag_map and any characters that aren't supported? Seems as if '-' in any set_label operation means

Re: [pmacct-discussion] Realistic Scaling of pre_tag_map?

2020-02-11 Thread Paolo Lucente
Hey Tim, It really depends whether you can leverage maps_index (*) or not. If yes then computations are O(1) and hence you can scale it as much as you like and i can confirm you there is people building maps of the same magnitude as you have in mind. If not then it's not going to work but then a

[pmacct-discussion] Realistic Scaling of pre_tag_map?

2020-02-11 Thread Tim Jackson
Just curious, what's the realistic scaling of pre_tag_map? I'm looking to maybe put 50k+ entries in it and reload it every few minutes.. Any real gotchas w/ that approach? -- Tim ___ pmacct-discussion mailing list http://www.pmacct.net/#mailinglists