Current implementation simple idle client which serves no traffic still
use ~17Kb of memory. this is mainly due to a fixed size reply buffer
currently set to 16kb.
We have encountered some cases in which the server operates in a low memory environments.
In such cases a user who wishes to create large connection pools to support potential burst period,
will exhaust a large amount of memory to maintain connected Idle clients.
Some users may choose to "sacrifice" performance in order to save memory.
This commit introduce a dynamic mechanism to shrink and expend the client reply buffer based on
periodic observed peak.
the algorithm works as follows:
1. each time a client reply buffer has been fully written, the last recorded peak is updated:
new peak = MAX( last peak, current written size)
2. during clients cron we check for each client if the last observed peak was:
a. matching the current buffer size - in which case we expend (resize) the buffer size by 100%
b. less than half the buffer size - in which case we shrink the buffer size by 50%
3. In any case we will **not** resize the buffer in case:
a. the current buffer peak is less then the current buffer usable size and higher than 1/2 the
current buffer usable size
b. the value of (current buffer usable size/2) is less than 1Kib
c. the value of (current buffer usable size*2) is larger than 16Kib
4. the peak value is reset to the current buffer position once every **5** seconds. we maintain a new
field in the client structure (buf_peak_last_reset_time) which is used to keep track of how long it
passed since the last buffer peak reset.
### **Interface changes:**
**CIENT LIST** - now contains 2 new extra fields:
rbs= < the current size in bytes of the client reply buffer >
rbp=< the current value in bytes of the last observed buffer peak position >
**INFO STATS** - now contains 2 new statistics:
reply_buffer_shrinks = < total number of buffer shrinks performed >
reply_buffer_expends = < total number of buffer expends performed >
Co-authored-by: Oran Agra <oran@redislabs.com>
Co-authored-by: Yoav Steinberg <yoav@redislabs.com>
