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authorMichael Klishin <mklishin@pivotal.io>2018-03-21 10:07:07 +0300
committerMichael Klishin <mklishin@pivotal.io>2018-03-21 10:07:07 +0300
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Improve background_gc docs in example config files
To make it clearer that memory breakdown analysis must be done formed. "Don't guess, collect data".
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%%
%% {disk_monitor_failure_retry_interval, 120000},
- %% Whether or not to enable background GC.
+ %% Whether or not to enable background periodic forced GC runs for all
+ %% Erlang processes on the node in "waiting" state.
+ %%
+ %% Disabling background GC may reduce latency for client operations,
+ %% keeping it enabled may reduce median RAM usage by the binary heap
+ %% (see https://www.erlang-solutions.com/blog/erlang-garbage-collector.html).
+ %%
+ %% Before enabling this option, please take a look at the memory
+ %% breakdown (http://www.rabbitmq.com/memory-use.html).
%%
%% {background_gc_enabled, false},