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@@ -282,11 +282,11 @@ tcp_max_ssthresh - INTEGER
Default: 0 (off)
tcp_max_syn_backlog - INTEGER
- Maximal number of remembered connection requests, which are
- still did not receive an acknowledgment from connecting client.
- Default value is 1024 for systems with more than 128Mb of memory,
- and 128 for low memory machines. If server suffers of overload,
- try to increase this number.
+ Maximal number of remembered connection requests, which have not
+ received an acknowledgment from connecting client.
+ The minimal value is 128 for low memory machines, and it will
+ increase in proportion to the memory of machine.
+ If server suffers from overload, try increasing this number.
tcp_max_tw_buckets - INTEGER
Maximal number of timewait sockets held by system simultaneously.