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Francis Vidal wrote:
 
> i never get responses from the linux community as fast as this. one of the
> things people from the squid camp pointed out in FreeBSD is that it has
> more file descriptors than linux -- and i've seen it work under heavy
> conditions (i.e. wcarchive.cdrom.com, -- this has also helped in our
> decision).

Open file desc:
	Linux	256
	FreeBSD	650
	NetBSD	1772

Squid flies on NetBSD.

-Jacques