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From: Konrad Heuer <kheuer2@gwdg.de>
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Subject: Re: "FreeBSD have a very low default file handle limit"?
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On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Zhang Weiwu wrote:

> I am reading the MySQL manual for 4.4.1-alpha where it said:
>
> "FreeBSD is also known to have a very low default file handle limit."
> (Section 2.4.6.1)
>
> I check the limit by using:
>
>  >sh -c ulimit -n
>
> <
> unlimited
>
> Though I don't know if this is the correct way to check "default file
> handle limit", but it looks like FreeBSD does not "have a very low
> default file handle limit"?

I'd check the internal kernel limits, too:

sysctl kern.maxfiles
sysctl kern.maxfilesperproc

You can rise them by entering:

sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=the_number_you_need
sysctl -w kern.maxfilesperproc=the_number_you_need

Regards

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