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From: Mark Hittinger <bugs@ns1.win.net>
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Subject: re: Too many open files in system
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 09:44:26 -0400 (EDT)
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> From: Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
>     The machine is still *running*, but practically useless since it
> appears the VM system has pretty much locked up.  Makes it rather
> difficult to find more details on the problem.  :(  The only thing I
> can do is reboot.  During one of the trials, syslog was going nuts
> logging this to disk:
> 
>     My kernel is compiled with the following options:
> 
> options     "NMBCLUSTERS=1024"
> options     "CHILD_MAX=128"
> options     "OPEN_MAX=256"       <-- does this help?
> 

I use:

	maxusers 256
	child_max=128
	open_max=128
	nmbclusters=768

	swap space on disk = 128mb

I don't see the problem as "often".  Could some other parameter be keyed
off of the maxusers that influences this?  In addition I use a different
web server (cern), so maybe there is a file descriptor leak in the one
you are using?


Regards,

Mark Hittinger
bugs@win.net