IPVS connection table size (the Nth power of 2)

configname: CONFIG_IP_VS_TAB_BITS

Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Networking support
└─>Networking options
└─>Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter)
└─>IP virtual server support
└─>IPVS connection table size (the Nth power of 2)
In linux kernel since version 2.6.12  
The IPVS connection hash table uses the chaining scheme to handle
hash collisions. Using a big IPVS connection hash table will greatly
reduce conflicts when there are hundreds of thousands of connections
in the hash table.

Note the table size must be power of 2. The table size will be the
value of 2 to the your input number power. The number to choose is
from 8 to 27 for 64BIT(20 otherwise), the default number is 12,
which means the table size is 4096. Don't input the number too
small, otherwise you will lose performance on it. You can adapt the
table size yourself, according to your virtual server application.
It is good to set the table size not far less than the number of
connections per second multiplying average lasting time of
connection in the table. For example, your virtual server gets 200
connections per second, the connection lasts for 200 seconds in
average in the connection table, the table size should be not far
less than 200x200, it is good to set the table size 32768 (2**15).

Another note that each connection occupies 128 bytes effectively and
each hash entry uses 8 bytes, so you can estimate how much memory is
needed for your box.

You can overwrite this number setting conn_tab_bits module parameter
or by appending ip_vs.conn_tab_bits=? to the kernel command line if
IP VS was compiled built-in.