Linux kernel tuning TCP/Memcached

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Matthew Gillen wrote:
| http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=121
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| TCP_TW_RECYCLE
| It enables fast recycling of TIME_WAIT sockets. The default value is 0
| (disabled). The sysctl documentation incorrectly states the default as
| enabled. It can be changed to 1 (enabled) in many cases. Known to cause some
| issues with hoststated (load balancing and fail over) if enabled, should be
| used with caution.
|
|     echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_tw_recycle
|     (boolean, default: 0)
| --------------------------------------

Hmmm ... I'm trying to explain this:

: cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_tw_recycle
0
: echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_tw_recycle
-bash: /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_tw_recycle: Permission denied
: sudo echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_tw_recycle
-bash: /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_tw_recycle: Permission denied
: cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_tw_recycle
1
:

So it seems to have done it, despite the second error message. So I did a bit
of  testing, and verified that apache still works the same as before.  Now to
figure out whether I can stress test in on a "home"  ISP  connection  with  a
not-very-fast upload speed.


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