Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 09:58:23 -0500 (EST) From: Doug Denault <doug@safeport.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how do i increase the maximum number of open files systemwide. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000128094205.32480A-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <4.1.20000128093034.009508b0@mail.udel.edu>
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Ya - thanks; the question was for max open files which seems to be 2 * maxproc, but thanks. I have a related question. I have a web server with about 250 domains using Netscape (yah - yah we going to Apache), where maxopenfiles MUST be bumped to 16,000+. My question: is there a way to bump this parameter without taking all the other kernel structures with it. I presume with Apache the number will not be so high but it probably will exceed a reasonable value scaled from maxusers. thanks for any thoughts/ideas On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, John wrote: > I just jumped on this thread, but I think this might help: > > In "the Complete freebsd v. 2", it states that the maximum number of > processes is set to > 20+ 16*Maxusers where "maxusers" is set in the kernel. > > Everyone I've talked to has always suggested to take your "real" number of > maxusers and bad it a good bit, to make sure you don't have to "suddenly" > take down the system and rebuild / reinstall the kernel with a new maxusers > value. The only thing I can recall being warned about was to make certain > that the max processes you end up running can actually be handled by your > hardware (I have NO idea how to make a TRUE evaluation of that though...) > > Good luck, > John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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