On 02/07/2013 06:57 PM, Dennis Jacobfeuerborn wrote: > Hi, > I've run into problems trying to limit the overall download bandwidth for a > webserver. This is the code I'm using: > > tc qdisc add dev eth0 root handle 1: htb default 30 > tc class add dev eth0 parent 1: classid 1:1 htb rate 200mbit ceil 200mbit > tc filter add dev eth0 protocol ip parent 1:0 prio 1 u32 match ip sport 80 > 0xffff flowid 1:1 > > The problem is that when I test this with a single connection downloading a > large file I can see the download speed according to the specified limit > (in this case 200mbit). > When I use this code on a production system that receives several thousand > small downloads from an nginx server however I see the following: > > # tc -s -d class show dev eth0 > class htb 1:1 root prio 0 quantum 200000 rate 200000Kbit ceil 200000Kbit > burst 101600b/8 mpu 0b overhead 0b cburst 101600b/8 mpu 0b overhead 0b level 0 > Sent 246544581544 bytes 55302789 pkt (dropped 1614680, overlimits 0 > requeues 0) > rate 636728Kbit 16228pps backlog 0b 229p requeues 0 > lended: 55302560 borrowed: 0 giants: 51516908 > tokens: -3729 ctokens: -3729 > > The rate is over 600mbit so I'm not sure why the traffic isn't limited to > the 200mbit specified. Is there something else I need to take into account > here to make this work? I've now experimented with burst/cburst but either I end up with a rate way below 200mbit or easily exceeding 600mbit. Apparently the actual 200mbit limit is just ignored. Regards, Dennis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe lartc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html