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Subject: 'kern.maxpipekva exceeded' messages...
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In updating one of our authoritiative name servers to 5.2-REL, we enountere=
d=20
after two days of running, kernel message like:

kern.maxpipekva exceeded, please see tuning(7).

appearing to the point to where you couldn't ssh into the box (because sshd=
=20
died w/ too many files opened).  I see so mention of kern.maxpipekva on the=
=20
tuning man page, and greping only finds kern.ipc entries.

% sysctl -a | grep pipekva
kern.ipc.maxpipekva: 10485760
kern.ipc.maxpipekvawired: 5242880
kern.ipc.pipekva: 131072
kern.ipc.pipekvawired: 0

Are they the same, and if so, what's are the guidelines for increasing the=
=20
number?

Best Wishes - Peter
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