Re: SOMAXCONN (was Re: Solaris source code)

> ncm(at)zembu(dot)com (Nathan Myers) writes:
> > All the OSes we know of fold it to 128, currently. We can jump it
> > to 10240 now, or later when there are 20GHz CPUs.
>
> > If you want to make it more complicated, it would be more useful to
> > be able to set the value lower for runtime environments where PG is
> > competing for OS resources with another daemon that deserves higher
> > priority.
>
> Hmm, good point. Does anyone have a feeling for the amount of kernel
> resources that are actually sucked up by an accept-queue entry? If 128
> is the customary limit, is it actually worth worrying about whether
> we are setting it to 128 vs. something smaller?

All I can say is keep in mind that Solaris uses SVr4 streams, which are
quite a bit heavier than the BSD-based sockets. I don't know any
numbers.

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