Re: TCP kernel tables overflowing after sustained 1000 newconnections per second

From: Chuck Ebbert
Date: Wed Sep 09 2009 - 15:17:49 EST


On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 20:46:07 +0200
Paul Sheer <paulsheer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am developing a high-performance application, and testing against Apache.
> It makes 1000 new connections to Apache per second.
>
> After 16 seconds the test grinds to a halt. A Linux kernel problem. There are
> several hurdles to overcome when trying to sustain such through-put. Some
> are configuration issues, others I believe are real problems with the kernel
> internals. I'll discuss these all below.
>

You should send this to netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .
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