Re: [PATCH] ipvs: Make the synchronization interval controllable

[Krzysztof Oledzki]

On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Andi Kleen wrote:

> Sven Wegener <sven.wegener@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > The default synchronization interval of 1000 milliseconds is too high for a
> > heavily loaded director. Collecting the connection information from one second
> > and then sending it out in a burst will overflow the socket buffer and lead to
> > synchronization information being dropped. Make the interval controllable by a
> > sysctl variable so that users can tune it.
>
> It would be better if the defaults just worked under all circumstances.
> So why not just lower the default?
>
> Or the code could detect overflowing socket buffers and lower the
> value dynamically.

We can also start sending when amount of data reaches defined level.

Best regards,

				Krzysztof Olędzki