doc: update reduce-memory.md peer connections info

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Jon Atack 4 years ago
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@ -24,9 +24,13 @@ The size of some in-memory caches can be reduced. As caches trade off memory usa
## Number of peers ## Number of peers
- `-maxconnections=<n>` - the maximum number of connections, this defaults to 125. Each active connection takes up some - `-maxconnections=<n>` - the maximum number of connections, which defaults to 125. Each active connection takes up some
memory. This option applies only if incoming connections are enabled, otherwise the number of connections will never memory. This option applies only if inbound connections are enabled; otherwise, the number of connections will not
be more than 10. Of the 10 outbound peers, there can be 8 full-relay connections and 2 block-relay-only ones. be more than 11. Of the 11 outbound peers, there can be 8 full-relay connections, 2 block-relay-only ones,
and occasionally 1 short-lived feeler or extra outbound block-relay-only connection.
- These limits do not apply to connections added manually with the `-addnode` configuration option or
the `addnode` RPC, which have a separate limit of 8 connections.
## Thread configuration ## Thread configuration

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