From 6d35366228b187dbca7c43e410c478001f2ea8c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Phillips Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 19:15:42 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Adds a note about 2X memory provisioning. --- website/source/docs/upgrade-specific.html.markdown | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/website/source/docs/upgrade-specific.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/upgrade-specific.html.markdown index 06ab7c6a9..14b27e190 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/upgrade-specific.html.markdown +++ b/website/source/docs/upgrade-specific.html.markdown @@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ Also, in this release Consul switched from LMDB to a fully in-memory database fo the state store. Because LMDB is a disk-based backing store, it was able to store more data than could fit in RAM in some cases (though this is not a recommended configuration for Consul). If you have an extremely large data set that won't fit -into RAM, you may encounter issues upgrading to Consul 0.6.0 and later. +into RAM, you may encounter issues upgrading to Consul 0.6.0 and later. Consul +should be provisioned with physical memory approximately 2X the data set size to +allow for bursty allocations and subsequent garbage collection. #### ACL Enhancements