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From: Manar Hussain <manar@ivision.co.uk>
To: Randy Katz <randyk@ccsales.com>
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Subject: Re: large number of file handles open
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We're not planning on ever getting over 250 (and even then only if they're
low use sites) but I know of someone who was running 1000 on PC for a short
period of time. I'm guessing there must be some people who've hit these
type of numbers on this list ??

>Sounds interesting, theory and all, but who in their right mind would put 
>500 virtual servers on one machine? Sounds crazy to me... And 1000 file 
>handles doesn't seem to be a problem for MOST Unixes.

Manar