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authorGerhard Lazu <gerhard@lazu.co.uk>2019-04-23 16:08:01 +0100
committerGerhard Lazu <gerhard@lazu.co.uk>2019-04-23 16:15:37 +0100
commit28fd4874086595af0d4e31486f531388c07490f0 (patch)
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downloadrabbitmq-server-git-28fd4874086595af0d4e31486f531388c07490f0.tar.gz
Clarify unit symbols
RabbitMQ supports both power of 2 & power of 10 unit symbols. Giving clear examples of the difference - it's a mistake easy to make.
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@@ -1836,8 +1836,8 @@ a floating point number greater than or equal to 0.
.It Ar memory_limit
The new memory limit at which flow control is triggered, expressed in
bytes as an integer number greater than or equal to 0 or as a string
-with memory units (e.g. 512M or 1G).
-Available units are:
+with memory unit symbol(e.g. 512M or 1G).
+Available unit symbols are:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Cm k , Cm kiB
kibibytes (2^10 bytes)
@@ -1857,7 +1857,7 @@ gigabytes (10^9 bytes)
.It Cm set_disk_free_limit Ar disk_limit
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Ar disk_limit
-Lower bound limit as an integer in bytes or a string with memory units
+Lower bound limit as an integer in bytes or a string with memory unit symbols
(see vm_memory_high_watermark), e.g. 512M or 1G.
Once free disk space reaches the limit, a disk alarm will be set.
.El