From 0ef2315a99859217e319e4cb5a29d88a054952ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Amanda H. L. de Andrade Katz" Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 05:44:54 -0300 Subject: Update event_cache_size and global_factor configurations documentation (#17071) ### Pull Request Checklist * [x] Pull request is based on the develop branch * [x] Pull request includes a [changelog file](https://element-hq.github.io/synapse/latest/development/contributing_guide.html#changelog). The entry should: - Be a short description of your change which makes sense to users. "Fixed a bug that prevented receiving messages from other servers." instead of "Moved X method from `EventStore` to `EventWorkerStore`.". - Use markdown where necessary, mostly for `code blocks`. - End with either a period (.) or an exclamation mark (!). - Start with a capital letter. - Feel free to credit yourself, by adding a sentence "Contributed by @github_username." or "Contributed by [Your Name]." to the end of the entry. * [x] [Code style](https://element-hq.github.io/synapse/latest/code_style.html) is correct (run the [linters](https://element-hq.github.io/synapse/latest/development/contributing_guide.html#run-the-linters)) --- changelog.d/17071.doc | 1 + docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 changelog.d/17071.doc diff --git a/changelog.d/17071.doc b/changelog.d/17071.doc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..28773414d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/17071.doc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Update event_cache_size and global_factor configurations documentation. diff --git a/docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md b/docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md index 985f90c8a1..bcd53145f1 100644 --- a/docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md +++ b/docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md @@ -1317,6 +1317,12 @@ Options related to caching. The number of events to cache in memory. Defaults to 10K. Like other caches, this is affected by `caches.global_factor` (see below). +For example, the default is 10K and the global_factor default is 0.5. + +Since 10K * 0.5 is 5K then the event cache size will be 5K. + +The cache affected by this configuration is named as "*getEvent*". + Note that this option is not part of the `caches` section. Example configuration: @@ -1342,6 +1348,8 @@ number of entries that can be stored. Defaults to 0.5, which will halve the size of all caches. + Note that changing this value also affects the HTTP connection pool. + * `per_cache_factors`: A dictionary of cache name to cache factor for that individual cache. Overrides the global cache factor for a given cache. -- cgit 1.4.1