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authorDustin Sallings <dustin@spy.net>2009-09-14 15:51:57 -0700
committerDustin Sallings <dustin@spy.net>2009-09-14 15:51:57 -0700
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@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ memory object caching daemon.
.PP
.B memcached
is a flexible memory object caching daemon designed to alleviate database load
-in dynamic web applications by storing objects in memory. It's based on
-libevent to scale to any size needed, and is specifically optimized to avoid
+in dynamic web applications by storing objects in memory. It's based on
+libevent to scale to any size needed, and is specifically optimized to avoid
swapping and always use non-blocking I/O.
.br
.SH OPTIONS
-These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax. A summary of options
+These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax. A summary of options
is included below.
.TP
.B \-s <file>
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ Unix socket path to listen on (disables network support).
.B \-a <perms>
Permissions (in octal format) for Unix socket created with \-s option.
.TP
-.B \-l <ip_addr>
+.B \-l <ip_addr>
Listen on <ip_addr>; default to INADDR_ANY. This is an important option to
-consider as there is no other way to secure the installation. Binding to an
+consider as there is no other way to secure the installation. Binding to an
internal or firewalled network interface is suggested.
.TP
.B \-d
Run memcached as a daemon.
.TP
-.B \-u <username>
+.B \-u <username>
Assume the identity of <username> (only when run as root).
.TP
.B \-m <num>
@@ -44,21 +44,21 @@ Use <num> MB memory max to use for object storage; the default is 64 megabytes.
Use <num> max simultaneous connections; the default is 1024.
.TP
.B \-R <num>
-This option seeks to prevent client starvation by setting a limit to the
-number of sequential requests the server will process from an individual
-client connection. Once a connection has exceeded this value, the server will
-attempt to process I/O on other connections before handling any further
+This option seeks to prevent client starvation by setting a limit to the
+number of sequential requests the server will process from an individual
+client connection. Once a connection has exceeded this value, the server will
+attempt to process I/O on other connections before handling any further
request from this connection. The default value for this option is 20.
.TP
-.B \-k
+.B \-k
Lock down all paged memory. This is a somewhat dangerous option with large
caches, so consult the README and memcached homepage for configuration
suggestions.
.TP
-.B \-p <num>
+.B \-p <num>
Listen on TCP port <num>, the default is port 11211.
.TP
-.B \-U <num>
+.B \-U <num>
Listen on UDP port <num>, the default is port 11211, 0 is off.
.TP
.B \-M
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Show the version of memcached and a summary of options.
Be verbose during the event loop; print out errors and warnings.
.TP
.B \-vv
-Be even more verbose; same as \-v but also print client commands and
+Be even more verbose; same as \-v but also print client commands and
responses.
.TP
.B \-i
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Print pidfile to <filename>, only used under \-d option.
.TP
.B \-t <threads>
Number of threads to use to process incoming requests. This option is only
-meaningful if memcached was compiled with thread support enabled. It is
+meaningful if memcached was compiled with thread support enabled. It is
typically not useful to set this higher than the number of CPU cores on the
memcached server. The default is 4.
.TP
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ specify the protocol clients must speak. Possible options are "auto"
(the default, autonegotiation behavior), "ascii" and "binary".
.br
.SH LICENSE
-The memcached daemon is copyright Danga Interactive and is distributed under
+The memcached daemon is copyright Danga Interactive and is distributed under
the BSD license. Note that daemon clients are licensed separately.
.br
.SH SEE ALSO
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ The README file that comes with memcached
.br
.B http://www.danga.com/memcached
.SH AUTHOR
-The memcached daemon was written by Anatoly Vorobey
+The memcached daemon was written by Anatoly Vorobey
.B <mellon@pobox.com>
-and Brad Fitzpatrick
-.B <brad@danga.com>
-and the rest of the crew of Danga Interactive
+and Brad Fitzpatrick
+.B <brad@danga.com>
+and the rest of the crew of Danga Interactive
.B http://www.danga.com
.br