From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 04:15:02 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DB4616A415 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:15:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from beech@alaskaparadise.com) Received: from stargate.alaskaparadise.com (114-103-74-65.gci.net [65.74.103.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34A6E43CAF for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:14:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from beech@alaskaparadise.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by stargate.alaskaparadise.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7705845B9; Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:53:27 -0900 (AKST) From: Beech Rintoul Organization: Alaska Paradise Travel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:53:04 -0900 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <212869.41963.qm@web37009.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <212869.41963.qm@web37009.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3305401.NP6dEQ3Jet"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200612181853.24431.beech@alaskaparadise.com> Cc: ossama abdel-haleem Subject: Re: Server Problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:15:02 -0000 --nextPart3305401.NP6dEQ3Jet Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday 18 December 2006 13:51, ossama abdel-haleem wrote: > Dear Sir, > I have HP Proliant ML 370 G4 server with dual Processors 3.6 intel xeon > and HP Smart RAID controller (Config=3D>RAID5) (146GB * 6) + (4 GB Of RAM= =2E) > The server working as application server (Tailored Software) based on > POSTGRESQL server. I installed the FreeBSD 6.1 to serve 100 users with the > application so - after period of time I found an error message appeared on > the server : Kern. Maxfiles Limit Exceeded By UID 1001, Please See Tuning > (7). > > What is the problem? Can You Help Me because after this message appears > the server activities down. > > Thanks > Ossama Abdel Haleem The problem is too many files open. Add this to /etc/sysctl.conf kern.maxfiles=3D16144 Then in a terminal type:=20 sysctl kern.maxfiles=3D16144 If you still get the error try increasing it some more.=20 Also you should read man tuning as the error message suggests, especially = the=20 section about kern.maxfiles. Beech =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - beech@alaskaparadise.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Alaska Paradise Travel \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://www.alaskaparadise.com =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- --nextPart3305401.NP6dEQ3Jet Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFh2I0p5D0B1NlT4URArMTAJ9TnxMus/oMrp7gq6l12ExUM9toOACeMcki UvGoeb60Q6JyhnNWsM3rQB0= =QMCq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3305401.NP6dEQ3Jet--