[OpenSIPS-Users] children

[Liviu Chircu]

You could monitor the UDP receive queue on your interfaces with:

/watch -n0.1 'netstat -ulnp'/

If you constantly see your OpenSIPS listening interface buffers getting 
full, then you need more than 8 SIP workers.

Best regards,

Liviu Chircu
OpenSIPS Developer
http://www.opensips-solutions.com

On 12/17/2013 12:56 PM, Miha wrote:
> Liviu,
>
> tnx I am using DB queries, exec commands (this happends only for 
> sending mail due to some abuse, very very rarely), enum lookup, radius 
> for accouting, load_balancing,... and CPU has 8 cors.
>
> I have set number of children to 8. Is there any way to determine if 
> this is ok or how will I know? Is it better to use 12?
>
> br,
> miha
>
>
> Dne 12/17/2013 11:37 AM, pis(e Liviu Chircu:
>> Hello,
>>
>> There is no simple answer, choosing the appropriate number of 
>> children is scenario-dependant.
>>
>> If, for example, you are not performing I/O operations (DB queries, 
>> exec commands, etc.), then the number of children should be dictated 
>> by the *number of cores* on your box.
>>
>> On the other side, when your SIP workers will perform lots of disk 
>> operations (which are slow), then you should use a lot more children 
>> than mentioned above. (e.g. 12, 16 or 20 children).
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Liviu Chircu
>> OpenSIPS Developer
>> http://www.opensips-solutions.com
>> On 12/17/2013 09:56 AM, Miha wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> how to dermine how many children do I need (default I have 4)?
>>> I did not find any appropriate explanation.
>>>
>>> tnx!
>>>
>>> miha
>>>
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