will make use of shorter time-outs. It lets flows expire in a more
aggressive manner so there will be more space for new Flows.
-There are two options: emergency_recovery and prune_flows. The
-emergency recovery is set on 30. This is the percentage of prealloc'd
-flows after which the flow-engine will be back to normal (when 30
-percent of the 10000 flows is completed).
+Emergency_recovery defines the percentage of flows that the engine needs to
+prune before clearing the **emergency mode**. The default ``emergency-recovery``
+value is 30. This is the percentage of prealloc'd flows after which the flow
+-engine will be back to normal (when 30 percent of the 10000 flows are
+completed).
- If during the emergency-mode, the aggressive time-outs do not
+ If during the **emergency-mode** the aggressive time-outs do not
have the desired result, this option is the final resort. It
ends some flows even if they have not reached their time-outs
- yet. The prune-flows option shows how many flows there will be
- terminated at each time a new flow is set up.
+ yet.
::
- emergency_recovery: 30 #Percentage of 1000 prealloc'd flows.
- prune_flows: 5 #Amount of flows being terminated during the emergency mode.
+ emergency_recovery: 30 #Percentage of 10000 prealloc'd flows.
Flow Time-Outs
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