[rabbitmq-discuss] RabbitMq not honouring high_watermark setting?

[Dan B]

Hi all,

I'm trying to tweak Rabbit 2.5.1 on a server running Windows Server
2008 x64 with 8gb ram.

My rabbitmq.config file looks like this:

[
  {rabbit, [
     {ssl_listeners, [5671]},
     {ssl_options, [{cacertfile,"C:/CAConfig/trustisroot.cer"},
                    {certfile,"C:/CAConfig/publicCertificate.pem"},
                    {keyfile,"C:/CAConfig/private.pem"},
                    {verify,verify_peer},
                    {fail_if_no_peer_cert,false}]},
     {vm_memory_high_watermark, 0.4}
   ]}
].

However Rabbit starts up with the standard 819mb memory limit.

=INFO REPORT==== 13-Jul-2011::12:36:32 ===
Limiting to approx 924 file handles (829 sockets)

=INFO REPORT==== 13-Jul-2011::12:36:32 ===
Memory limit set to 819MB.

=INFO REPORT==== 13-Jul-2011::12:36:32 ===
Management plugin upgraded statistics to fine.

=INFO REPORT==== 13-Jul-2011::12:36:32 ===
Statistics database started.

=INFO REPORT==== 13-Jul-2011::12:36:32 ===
msg_store_transient: using rabbit_msg_store_ets_index to provide index

=INFO REPORT==== 13-Jul-2011::12:36:32 ===
msg_store_persistent: using rabbit_msg_store_ets_index to provide
index

=INFO REPORT==== 13-Jul-2011::12:36:32 ===
started TCP Listener on [::]:5672

=INFO REPORT==== 13-Jul-2011::12:36:32 ===
started TCP Listener on 0.0.0.0:5672

=INFO REPORT==== 13-Jul-2011::12:36:32 ===
Management agent started.

=INFO REPORT==== 13-Jul-2011::12:36:32 ===
Management plugin started.
HTTP API:       http://CALLCRAFT:55672/api/
Management UI:  http://CALLCRAFT:55672/mgmt/

Any ideas where I'm going wrong?

Thanks in advance,

-Dan