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Subject: kern.maxfiles formula?
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I=20am=20running=20FreeBSD=205.3=20on=20a=20dual=20CPU=20system=20with=20=
1=20GB=20of=20RAM=20with=20under=20a
dozen=20of=20very=20active=20users=20and=20a=20few=20rather=20active=20pr=
ocesses.=20The=20system
keeps=20running=20out=20of=20FDs,=20causing=20any=20number=20of=20problem=
s,=20such=20as=20preventing
ssh=20logins.

sysctl=20kern.maxfiles=20shows=20a=20maximum=20of=2012328=20FDs.=20My=20k=
ernel=20config=20file=20has
=22maxusers=22=20set=20to=200,=20which=20means=20the=20kern.maxfiles=20li=
mit=20must=20be=20the=20OS
default.

What=20is=20the=20maximum=20number=20of=20FDs=20that=20can=20be=20set=20o=
n=20a=20system=20with=201=20GB=20of
RAM?=20What=20would=20it=20be=20for=202=20GB=20of=20RAM?=20In=20other=20w=
ords,=20how=20many=20FDs=20can=20a
FreeBSD=205.3=20system=20safely=20support=20for=20each=20GB=20of=20RAM?

Thanks,
--Lucky


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