High load due to reload

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Mon, Jul 06, 2015 at 08:45:53AM +0200, 5hosting GmbH wrote:

> thanks for your explanation. Is there a formula we can use to calculate the
> amount of RAM needed in a reload scenario?

As previously suggested, nginx memory consumption during a reload 
may be doubled compared to normal operations - because there will 
be twice as much worker processes.  Having at least the same 
amount of memory as normally occupied by nginx worker processes 
(excluding shared memory zones) in (free + inactive) is usually 
good enough to ensure seamless reloads.

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Maxim Dounin
http://nginx.org/