diff --git a/administration/backpressure.md b/administration/backpressure.md index 0c7e8d626..8cfa03723 100644 --- a/administration/backpressure.md +++ b/administration/backpressure.md @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ buffers only to the filesystem. When `storage.type filesystem` is set, the ## `Mem_Buf_Limit` -`Mem_Buf_Limit` only applies with the default `storage.type memory`. This option is +`Mem_Buf_Limit` applies only with the default `storage.type memory`. This option is disabled by default and can be applied to all input plugins. As an example situation: @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ As an example situation: - The engine routes the data to an output plugin. - The output plugin backend (HTTP Server) is down. - Engine scheduler retries the flush after 10 seconds. -- The input plugin tries to append 500KB. +- The input plugin tries to append 500 KB. In this situation, the engine allows appending those 500 KB of data into the memory, with a total of 1.2 MB of data buffered. The limit is permissive and will