Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:33:33 -0700 From: "Soheil Shaghaghi" <soheils@jhanna.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Open files limit Message-ID: <JGEPKJHDAHAGGDLNIEDEOEIIDFAB.soheils@jhanna.com> In-Reply-To: <20020912183244.5C46137B401@hub.freebsd.org>
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Hello everyone, I am running a FreeBSD 4.6 server I get a lot of too many open files in the system. Searching the net, I found the reason. Looking at the limits, here is what I get: ulimit -a core file size (blocks) unlimited data seg size (kbytes) 524288 file size (blocks) unlimited max locked memory (kbytes) unlimited max memory size (kbytes) unlimited open files 1064 pipe size (512 bytes) 1 stack size (kbytes) 65536 cpu time (seconds) unlimited max user processes 531 virtual memory (kbytes) 589824 Question: 1. I know that the number of open files should be increased, but I don't know to what number! Can I set it to unlimited? Is there a problem with doing this? I am running about 100 virtual hosts and a Java chat server and a music server on this machine. 2. Can anyone recommend a different settings than the above, so I can change it all at once? 3. The documents say to change the value and recompile the kernel. Do I have to specify the new values in the kernel, and if so how? Thanks so much. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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