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Re: [cobalt-users] too many files open



On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Jay Summers wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 05:50  AM, Gerald Waugh wrote:
>
> > /proc/sys/fs/file-max contains the max files. The default is 4096. Try
> > changing it to 8192, that should do the trick.
> >
> > BTW on a RaQ550 /proc/sys/fs/file-max contains 8192...
>
> I noticed on a Raq2 the file is located at /proc/sys/kernel/file-max.
> It lists the file max at 1024. Any hazards of changing this to a higher
> number? Not that I've had a problem, just curious.

  May depend on how much RAM, and swap space is available.
  I would say "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" ;)

Gerald
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