[rabbitmq-discuss] rabbit chokes?

Thu Nov 5 09:38:27 GMT 2009

Owen,

Owen Nelson wrote:
> =INFO REPORT==== 1-Nov-2009::09:13:43 ===
>     alarm_handler: {set,{system_memory_high_watermark,[]}}
> 
> =INFO REPORT==== 1-Nov-2009::09:13:44 ===
>     alarm_handler: {clear,system_memory_high_watermark}

These messages indicate that rabbit is running low on memory and is 
attempting to throttle producers.

I recommend checking the status of your rabbit using the 'rabbitmqctl 
list_* ...' commands. Chances are you have lots of messages in queues, 
or perhaps lots of queues, exchanges or bindings.

Regards,

Matthias.